PYONGYANG, March 9 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Monday it will launch a war on the territory of the United States, Japan and South Korea, if its satellite launching "for peaceful purpose" was intercepted.

    The DPRK "will launch without hesitation a just retaliatory strike operation not only against all the interceptor means involved but against the strongholds of the U.S. and Japanese aggressors and the south Korean puppets who hatched plots to intercept it," the official KCNA news cited a spokesman for the General Staff of the Korean People's Army (KPA) as saying.

    The spokesman issued a three-points statement on Monday. The firm-stand statement reiterated an "all-out confrontation" against the South Korea, vowing to strike back intruders.

    It announced "a more strict military control" over the borders of the two Koreas and cut-off the north-south military communications during the U.S.-S. Korea joint military exercises.

    The DPRK has said it was going to shoot a communication satellite as part of a peaceful space program. But the U.S. and South Korean media alleged the DPRK was going to test-fire a ballistic missile "Taepodong-2," with a maximum estimated range of6,700 km, designed to carry a nuclear warhead that could hit targets on the U.S. territory.

    The DPRK said it put an experimental satellite " Kwangmyongsong-1" into orbit in August 1998. But the U.S. believed it was a "Taepodong-1" missile test-launch.

U.S. special envoy says Washington wants dialogue with DPRK

    SEOUL, March 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. special envoy on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Stephen Bosworth said Saturday that Washington wants dialogue with Pyongyang.

    "We are reaching out now. We want dialogue," Bosworth said upon his arrival to South Korea.  Full story

DPRK, UNC finish military talks without significant outcome

    SEOUL, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC) held their general-level military talks on Friday morning but failed to achieve significant outcomes.

    According to a news release by the UNC, the meeting only last for 45 minutes at the truce village of Panmumjom. Full story

Security of South Korean civil airplanes near DPRK territory not guaranteed, says DPRK

    PYONGYANG, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) warned on Thursday that it will not guarantee the safe flights of South Korean airplanes, including civil ones, within or near its territory, as a counter measure to the upcoming joint U.S- South Korea military drills.

    A spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea issued a statement denouncing the joint military exercises to take place on March 9, the official KCNA news agency said.  Full story