North Korea Accuses U.S and S. Korea Of Preparing For Nuclear War

North Korea has just claimed the United States and South Korea were planning a nuclear war against the communist state, accusing them of devising a war plan and stocking up on the latest weapons. ‘The madcap nuclear war moves against the DPRK (North Korea) are extremely reckless proactive acts that make the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula all the more difficult to resolve and drive the situation to its worst,’ the Korea National Peace Committee said in a statement carried on the North's KCNA news agency. The statement also said the North's own nuclear test was part of preparations to defend itself against an US attack. It claimed US outrage over the regime's test was a smokescreen for its own war plans. ‘The people and its army are prepared for any provocations, any nuclear war moves,’ it said. It warned South Korea against relying on the United States for protection which would only make the country more vulnerable to an attack.