North Korea launches missiles and threatens South and U. S.
(AGI) Seoul, Mar 2 - North Korea launched two long-rangemissiles on Monday evening that landed in the sea, in defiantresponse to annual military exercises by U.S. and South Koreanforces. The North then threatened "merciless bombardment" ofthe two countries. "The situation on the Korean peninsulais again inching close to the brink of a war," said officialnews agency KCNA quoting an army spokesman, who added with theusual threatening rhetoric: "The only means to cope with theaggression and war by the U.S. imperialists and their followersis neither dialogue nor peace. They should be dealt