DPRK says to enter "state of war" against South Korea: KCNA

PYONGYANG, March 30 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Saturday that it had entered a "state of war" with South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported.

All matters between the two Koreas will be handled according to wartime condition, the DPRK said in a statement.

The long-standing condition of the Korean peninsula of being neither peace nor war is finally over, said the statement carried by KCNA.

The statement, issued jointly by the DPRK government, party and other organizations, warned that any military provocation near the land or sea border of the two sides would result "in a full-scale conflict and a nuclear war".

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U.S. says DPRK's threat deepens isolation

WASHINGTON, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The White House said on Friday that the threat by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to launch rocket attack on the United States only deepened its isolation.

"The bellicose rhetoric emanating from North Korea only deepens that nation's isolation," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest in a briefing.

DPRK's top leader ratifies plan for strategic rocket strike

PYONGYANG, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has ratified a strike plan by the Strategic Rocket Force as U.S. B-2 stealth bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula, the KCNA news agency reported Friday.

"The time has come to settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists in view of the prevailing situation" Kim Jong Un was quoted as saying after an urgent meeting with top military officials early Friday.

DPRK threatens combat posture targeting U.S., South Korea

PYONGYANG, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Tuesday its strategic rocket and long-range artillery units have been ordered to enter combat posture targeting the United States and South Korea.

The Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army said that all the field artillery troops, including strategic rocket units and long-range artillery units, were to be put on the highest alert, the official KCNA news agency reported.

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