Over die torpedo, de positie van Noord Korea
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North Korea wasted no time in blasting South Korea's claim, branding President Lee "a traitor" and the charge "a fabrication". If South Korea retaliated, the North warned in a rhetorical outburst that was not deemed surprising, the result would be "all-out war".
The response from the North's National Defense Commission, the heart of power of Dear Leader Kim Jong-il, who rules as commission chairman, did carry one surprise that may or may not be significant. The North said it wanted to send a delegation of its own to the South to carry out its own investigation.
That gesture is sure to get lost in demands that North Korea channel the request through the Military Armistice Commission, set up under the truce that ended the Korean War in July 1953, but it does raise intriguing questions.
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