Pyongyang uses ‘Blue House’ as firing target
Published: 27 Apr. 2016, 20:42
An official from the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, who didn’t want to be named, citing office rules, said the information came from an analysis of South Korean satellite imagery.
It comes ahead of a crucial ruling party congress next month during which North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to shake up the country’s political elite and announce major state goals in an effort to further consolidate his power.
North Korea in recent weeks has repeatedly threatened to strike the presidential palace and government buildings in Seoul amid the annual joint military drills between the United States and South Korea and heightened sanctions against the North over its recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch.
A pre-emptive large-scale strike by North Korea against the South is highly unlikely. Such a move would risk to bring down Kim’s authoritarian rule given the likely military response of the U.S. and South Korea.
AP
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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