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North Korean authorities told diplomatic missions they could not guarantee their safety from next Wednesday after declaring that conflict was inevitable amid joint US-South Korean military exercises due to last until the end of the month.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whatever the atmosphere in Pyongyang, the rain-soaked South Korean capital, Seoul, was calm. Traffic moved normally through the city centre, busy with Saturday shoppers.<\/p>\n

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted a government official as saying diplomats were disregarding the suggestion they might leave the country.<\/p>\n

North Korea has been angry since new UN sanctions were imposed following its third nuclear weapons test in February.<\/strong> Its rage has apparently been compounded by joint US-South Korean military exercises that began on March 1.<\/p>\n

China’s Xinhua news agency on Friday had quoted the North’s Foreign Ministry as saying the issue was no longer whether but when a war would break out.<\/p>\n

Most countries saw the appeal to the missions as little more than strident rhetoric after weeks of threatening to launch a nuclear strike on the United States and declarations of war against the South.<\/p>\n

But Russia said it was “seriously studying” the request. A South Korean government official expressed bewilderment. “It’s hard to define what is its real intention,” said the official, who asked not to be identified.<\/p>\n

The United Nations said its humanitarian workers remained active across North Korea.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

The appeal to diplomats followed news reports in the South that North Korea, under its 30-year-old leader Kim Jong-un, had moved two medium-range missiles to a location on its east coast.<\/p>\n

That prompted the White House to say that Washington would “not be surprised” if the North staged another missile test.<\/p>\n

North Korea has always condemned the exercises held by US forces and their South Korean allies. But its comments have been especially vitriolic this year as the United States dispatched B-2 bombers from its home bases to stage mock runs.
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