China urges calm after N. Korea’s warning against S. Korea
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BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) — China called for calm and restraint on Friday after North Korea warned of a “merciless” strike against South Korea in anger over this week’s rally in the South against the North’s leader Kim Jong-un.
The threat by the North’s all-powerful National Defense Commission, which was delivered to South Korea through a military hotline on Thursday, came amid potential political instability following last week’s stunning execution of Kim’s uncle, Jang Song-thaek.