N Korea warns of ‘all-out war’ over warship’s sinking

NORTH Korea said South Korea fabricated evidence implicating the North in a torpedo attack in order to pick on the North and any attempt at retaliating for the warship’s sinking would be answered with “all-out war”.

South Korean president Lee Myung-bak vowed “stern action” for the attack after a multinational investigation issued its long-awaited results yesterday, concluding that the North fired a torpedo that sank the Cheonan navy ship March 26 near the nations’ tense sea border.

“If the South Korean enemies try to deal any retaliation or punishment, or if they try sanctions or a strike on us we will answer to this with all-out war,” Colonel Pak In Ho of North Korea’s navy told broadcaster APTN.