North Korea Warns South Korea Over Backing U.S. Sanction

Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- "North Korea said it will make South Korea 'pay dearly' should it join United Nations sanctions imposed on the communist country for ignoring international demands and carrying out a nuclear test on Oct. 9.

The threat, which came in a statement by Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland released by the state-controlled Korea Central News Agency late yesterday, North Korea's first warning to the South since the UN Security Council on Oct. 14 imposed sanctions.

'If the South Korean authorities end up joining U.S.-led moves to sanction and stifle, we will regard it as a declaration of confrontation against its own people,' the statement said. 'South Korea will have to pay dearly and be held responsible if international sanctions joined by the South bring forth destructive results in inter-Korean relations.' " Read on.