"If war breaks out, it will lead to nuclear warfare and not be limited to the Korean peninsula."
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula rose, as the North threatened that another war with the South would involve nuclear weapons, vowing strike back if South goes ahead with a planned live-fire drill on a border island which the communist state shelled last month.
The official website of the communist state, Uriminzokkiri, said in a commentary seen Friday that war on the Korean Peninsula is only a matter of time.
"Because of the South Koreans' reckless war policies, it is not about war or peace on the Korean peninsula but when the war will break out," the website said.
"If war breaks out, it will lead to nuclear warfare and not be limited to the Korean peninsula," it said in a posting dated Thursday.
Meanwhile, the North’s military said “second and third self-defensive blows that cannot be predicted will be dealt" if the South holds the one-day drill scheduled between Saturday and Tuesday.
"The intensity and range of the firepower will be more serious than on November 23," it said in a statement carried on the official KCNA news agency.
North Korea fired dozens of shells on Yeonpyeong Island on November 23, killing two marines and two civilians, and injuring 18 people.
KCNA said the warning was delivered earlier Friday to the South.
The South's military has said its artillery will be aimed away from the North as usual during the upcoming drill, but it will respond strongly if provoked.
Members of the US-led United Nations Command are scheduled to observe the drill and about 20 US soldiers will play a supporting role.
There was no immediate comment from the South's military on the warning.
In a separate commentary, ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun Friday described the peninsula as the world's most dangerous place.
It reiterated calls for the withdrawal of 28,500 US troops from South Korea.
"The Korean peninsula remains a region fraught with the greatest danger of war in the world," the paper said. "This is entirely attributable to the US pursuance of the policy of aggression against the DPRK (North Korea)."
The official website of the communist state, Uriminzokkiri, said in a commentary seen Friday that war on the Korean Peninsula is only a matter of time.
"Because of the South Koreans' reckless war policies, it is not about war or peace on the Korean peninsula but when the war will break out," the website said.
"If war breaks out, it will lead to nuclear warfare and not be limited to the Korean peninsula," it said in a posting dated Thursday.
Meanwhile, the North’s military said “second and third self-defensive blows that cannot be predicted will be dealt" if the South holds the one-day drill scheduled between Saturday and Tuesday.
"The intensity and range of the firepower will be more serious than on November 23," it said in a statement carried on the official KCNA news agency.
North Korea fired dozens of shells on Yeonpyeong Island on November 23, killing two marines and two civilians, and injuring 18 people.
KCNA said the warning was delivered earlier Friday to the South.
The South's military has said its artillery will be aimed away from the North as usual during the upcoming drill, but it will respond strongly if provoked.
Members of the US-led United Nations Command are scheduled to observe the drill and about 20 US soldiers will play a supporting role.
There was no immediate comment from the South's military on the warning.
In a separate commentary, ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun Friday described the peninsula as the world's most dangerous place.
It reiterated calls for the withdrawal of 28,500 US troops from South Korea.
"The Korean peninsula remains a region fraught with the greatest danger of war in the world," the paper said. "This is entirely attributable to the US pursuance of the policy of aggression against the DPRK (North Korea)."
