Sanctions mean a war warns the North

A DEFIANT North Korea warned sanctions against it would “mean a war,” as thousands of people rallied yesterday in the communist capital to support the country’s military.

The threat came as South Korea dispatched another top diplomat to Washington yesterday to seek a peaceful solution to the standoff over the North's nuclear program.

National security adviser Yim Sung-joon is to meet his US counterpart, Condoleezza Rice, and other White House officials. His visit coincides with talks already underway in Washington with diplomats from South Korea and Japan.