N Korea gives war warning
The US deployment of Patriot missiles in South Korea and resumption of the Team Spirit joint military exercises with Seoul 'will only accelerate the speed towards war', Pyongyang's ambassador to Peking said yesterday, writes Teresa Poole from Peking. Chu Chang-Jun added that if economic sanctions were imposed by the UN Security Council, North Korea would make 'the necessary reponse'.
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