N. Korea Puts Artillery Forces on Highest Combat Alert Le

U.S. officials denounced North Korea’s threats after Kim Jong Un’s regime put artillery forces on their highest combat alert and warned again it may attack South Korea and America.

“North Korea’s bellicose rhetoric and the threats that they engage in follow a pattern designed to raise tensions and intimidate others,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said yesterday in Washington. It’s the highest-level combat posture North Korea has issued, Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min Seok said in Seoul.