The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) warned Monday that it will take "physical measures" to cope with the U.S. deployment¹ of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense² (THAAD) in South Korea.

 

朝鲜周一发出警告，朝鲜将采取“物理措施”对付美国在韩国部署的站区高空区域防御系统。

 

The countermeasures will be taken once the location of the deployment is decided³, said the Korean People's Army in the warning carried by the official KCNA news agency.

 

Pyongyang stressed that the United States and South Korea, which claim the DPRK's self-defense is a "severe threat" and their aggressive means of warfare⁴ is "defensive," were just confusing black with white.

 

The two countries' joint⁵ THAAD deployment decision results from the U.S. ambition to dominate the world and South Korea's confrontation⁶ with the DPRK, Pyongyang said, warning that the DPRK army will "make merciless retaliatory⁷ strikes to reduce South Korea to a sea of flames, debris⁸ once an order is issued."

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