N. Korea warns of merciless punishment against S. Korea for psychological warfare

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea warned Wednesday of a "merciless punishment" against South Korea for its psychological warfare that Pyongyang claims is aimed at toppling the current regime.
North Korea' state media accused South Korea of airing anti-North Korean television and radio broadcasts via the frequency currently being used by the North for its own broadcasts.
"It served a strong warning that in case such a campaign goes on, its bases would not escape a merciless punishment by the army" of North Korea, the Korean Central News Agency said in a commentary, without elaborating.
North Korea often delivers its threats against South Korea through its state media.
The Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs in Seoul, said it had no immediate comment.
North Korea has made similar military threats against the South over anti-Pyongyang leaflets in recent months.
South Korean activists and North Korean defectors frequently send leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and calling for an uprising against Kim.
The KCNA also suggested in a separate dispatch that North Korea would bolster its self-defense capabilities, in an apparent reference to its nuclear weapons programs, citing alleged U.S. hostility against the North.
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