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North Korea prepares to blow up Seoul 鈥榖uilding鈥

NORTH Korea is preparing to blow apart a replica of South Korea’s presidential Blue House on an artillery range outside Pyongyang, in an apparent propaganda exercise, the South Korean military said yesterday.

An official with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul said North Korea’s military had been detected building the half-sized replica at the Daiwonri range near the capital earlier this month.

“North Korea is apparently preparing to showcase a mock attack on the Blue House using the replica as a target,” the official said.

About 30 artillery pieces, hidden under coverings, have been brought to the range.

“The exercise is believed to be aimed at stirring up hostility against the South, summoning up loyalty (to leader Kim Jong Un) and fueling security concerns in South Korea,” the official said.

North Korea is stoking nationalist sentiment as it gears up for a ruling party congress.


 

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