KWANG-TAE KIM Associated Press Writer= SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea on Sunday threatened “merciless retaliation” against the U.S. and South Korea over sanctions imposed on the communist regime, as a U.S. envoy prepared to visit Asia to push for their implementation. The warning came in response to an annual computer-simulated war game Seoul and Washington will kick off Monday, which North Korea sees as preparations for an invasion. The U.S. and South Korea say the maneuvers are purely defensive. “Should the U.S. imperialists and the Lee Myung-bak group threaten the (North) with nukes, it will retaliate against them with nukes,” said a North Korean military statement reported…
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