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Article: Pyongyang's latest move openly provokes Seoul; North Korea Tuesday threatened to pull out of the 1953 armistice, citing US military buildup.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- February 19, 2003
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Byline: Robert Marquand Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
BEIJING -- North Korea's threat Tuesday to abandon the 1953 Korean armistice, is an unexpected step that will further isolate Kim Jong Il's regime. It is also the first time in the current crisis that the North has openly provoked the citizens of South Korea, analysts say.
During recent months of nuclear contretemps between the North and the international community, especially the US, Pyongyang has been careful to maintain a nonaggressive posture toward South Korea - allowing tour groups, new railroad links, and regular diplomatic exchanges. Yet to cancel an agreement that governs the ...