Tens of thousands of North Koreans lined the snowy streets of Pyongyang today, wailing and clutching their chests as a black hearse carrying late leader Kim Jong Il’s body wound its way through the capital for a final farewell.

NORTH and South Korea beat the drums of war yesterday, with each threatening the other with immediate retaliation if attacked.

North Korea today threatened to launch a “sacred” nuclear war against South Korea if it is attacked

North Korea’s defence chief today vowed to deal “unimaginably deadly blows” to the US and South Korea if they attack the communist nation amid a tense stand off over Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions.