N. Korea denounces Lee, Obama for scheming atomic war

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Sunday accused South Korean President
Lee Myung-bak and U.S. President Barack Obama of plotting an atomic war on the
communist North in the wake of their summit in Washington D.C. last week.

In its first response to the Lee-Obama summit, the North also attacked Lee for
"attempting to stifle the people of the DPRK through an alliance" with the U.S.
and launch a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula.
"During his recent visit to the U.S., (President) Lee discussed reinforcing
nuclear deterrent against his fellow countrymen in (the) DPRK. He is full of
foolish ambitions to attain unification even through a nuclear war aided by
foreign forces," said the North's government-run weekly Tongil Sinbo in its
commentary that was carried by a pro-North Korean Web site. DPRK stands for the
North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The North's weekly paper also condemned Obama's commitment to South Korea's
security, saying, "It's not a coincidence at all for the U.S. to have brought
numerous nuclear weapons into South Korea."
At their June 16 summit, Lee and Obama agreed to extend nuclear deterrent on the
Korean Peninsula, with Obama pledging the U.S. would "pursue denuclearization on
the Korean Peninsula vigorously."
The two leaders also agreed to break the pattern of awarding concessions to North
Korea for its provocations. Tension on the Korean Peninsula has escalated since
the North defiantly conducted its second nuclear test on May 25.
Meanwhile, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday that a
number of anti-government organizations in South Korea have issued statements
denouncing Lee over his "servile" tour of the U.S.
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