North Korea appeals to South to resist US

NORTH KOREA yesterday said South Korea should join it in resisting US moves toward war, another angry pronouncement days before highly sensitive talks between Washington and Pyongyang.

North Korea has repeatedly accused the US of planning to attack it after the Iraq war, which Washington denies. The North’s intention in making the statement wasn’t clear, but it has often tried to drive a wedge between South Korea and its chief ally, the US.

North Korea’s state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper said all Koreans “should firmly unite as one to resolutely smash the US moves for a war of aggression in order to protect the destiny of the nation and the future of a reunified country.”