HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press Writer
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea threatened Monday to bolster its nuclear capability in a new – though unspecified – way to cope with what it says is a hostile U.S. policy and military threats amid tensions over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship.
The North’s military also accused the U.S. and South Korea of bringing heavy weapons to the village of Panmunjom – which lies along the heavily militarized border between the Koreas – and vowed to take “strong military countermeasures” if they aren’t withdrawn.
Neither Washington nor Seoul had immediate comment on the accusation, though both Koreas have increased military preparedness in the wake of the sinking of the warship Cheonan. An international investigation concluded last month that North Korea torpedoed the vessel near the tense Korean sea border.