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The following headline...

"S. Korean MoD Vows Preemptive Strikes Against N. Korea"

...in today's int'l media (here in the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth) proves that political cretinism is not Pyongyang's exclusive possession!

Today's Yonhap reported following:

S. Korea will launch preemptive strike in case of imminent nuclear attack

A preemptive strike would be the only way for South Korea to defend itself if it were to confirm North Korea has clear intentions of launching a nuclear attack, Seoul's chief of defense said Wednesday.

The latest remarks by Defense Minister Kim Tae-young come as the two Koreas opened a second day of talks on further developing a joint industrial complex in the North. The talks came just days after Pyongyang warned of armed action against the South over unconfirmed reports that Seoul has drawn up a contingency plan in case of a regime collapse in the communist country. 
 

"We would have to strike (North Korea) right away if we detected that it has a clear intention to attack (South Korea) with nuclear weapons," Defense Minister Kim Tae-young told a local defense forum.

"It would be too late and the damage would be too big if, in the case of a North Korean nuclear strike, we had to cope with the attack. There can be no changes to this principle."

Kim made similar remarks in 2008, then as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shortly after Pyongyang test-fired several short-range missiles off its west coast. In a show of anger, North Korea kicked out a number of South Korean officials then working at inter-Korean project sites. The country also threatened "more powerful" attacks of its own...

And today's Korea Times added:
In regards to North Korea's increased military exercises in recent weeks, Defense Minister Kim said South Korea and the United States had mobilized all their intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets to closely monitor nuclear or missile activities in the North. "If the North makes a provocative move, we'll thwart it on the spot...'' Kim said.

And finally 'our favored'(^^) Chosun Ilbo used today's opportunity to add following article (yeah, the 'Dear Leader' will love it!!!):

☞ Think Tank Predicts Kim Jong-il's Death in 2012