N. Korea threatens S. Korean reporters over book review
By Kim Tong-Hyung?|?AP August 31 at 5:37 AM
SEOUL, South Korea North Korea on Thursday vowed to execute reporters from two South Korean newspapers, saying they insulted the countrys dignity while reviewing and interviewing the British authors of a book about life in the isolated country.
Pyongyangs official Korean Central News Agency carried a state court statement expressing anger over the descriptions of North Korean lives as increasingly capitalist. It also objected to the translated title of the South Korean edition as Capitalist Peoples Republic of Korea and the books cover that replaced the red star in North Koreas official seal with the U.S. dollar mark.
North Koreas Central Court also sentenced to death the presidents of the newspapers and said the North will track down to the end and cut off the dirty windpipes of those responsible for such provocations.
South Koreas Unification Ministry denounced the North Korean comments as an absurd threat and said it sternly warns the North to immediately stop threating South Korean citizens. Seouls government is ready to take every measure needed to protect its citizens, the ministry said in a statement.
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