North Korea has marked the birthday of the country's leader, Kim Jong Il, with fresh threats to destroy the United States.
| Hmmm... Should I still send a card? |
Kim Jong Il is celebrating his 62nd birthday and the event is one of the communist country's biggest holidays. According to the official Korean Central News Agency, people in more than 50 countries are also celebrating, or in its words, "greeting the sun of the 21st century". In a speech, a senior party official declared that if the US begins a war with North Korea, the US will be mercilessly destroyed by the North Korean military.
| "Yar! Gonna wipe 'em out, 'at's what we're gonna do, by Gar! Soon's they send us some groceries..." |
Next week, six nations including the US and North Korea will meet to discuss ways of resolving the crisis surrounding Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. |