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No need to retaliate, says North Korea * From: NewsCore * December 20, 2010 11:15PM NORTH Korea's military said it would not retaliate against South Korea's live-fire drill on a border island. The North accused the south of behaving like "warmongers," and of deliberately stoking tensions as foreign nations called for restraint near the disputed Korean border. "The revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK (North Korea) did not feel any need to retaliate against every despicable military provocation, like one taking revenge after facing a blow," the North's military supreme command said in a statement carried by KCNA.

NK vows retaliation if S. Korea conducts live-fire drills near border North Korea vowed Friday to retaliate with greater firepower if South Korea goes ahead with its planned live-fire drills from the frontline island that has been devastated by North Korean shelling. "Second and third self-defensive blows that cannot be predicted will be dealt" if South Korea conducts the one-day drills scheduled between Saturday and Tuesday, the North's military said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). "The intensity and range of the firepower will create a situation more serious than one on Nov. 23"...