North Korea stops work at 8216;hotbed of war8217; Kaesong

Reclusive North Koreas raises speculation that it will carry out another provocative action.

Written by: Reuters

2 min readPajuApr 9, 2013 01:21 AM IST

North Korea suspended its sole remaining major project with the South on Monday after weeks of threats against the United States and South Korea,as Russian President Vladimir Putin said any nuclear conflict may make Chernobyl disaster look like a fairy tale.

Reclusive North Koreas decision to all but close the Kaesong industrial park coincided with speculation that it will carry out some sort of provocative action another nuclear weapons test or missile launch in what has become one of the most serious crises on the peninsula since the end of the Korean War in 1953.

Tension has been rising since the United Nations imposed new sanctions against the North in response to its third test of a nuclear weapon in February. Pyongyang has been further angered by weeks of joint military exercises by South Korean and US forces and threatened both countries with nuclear attack.

Putin said conflict on the peninsula could cause greater devastation than the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.

I would make no secret about it,we are worried about the escalation on the Korean peninsula,as we are neighbours, he told a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a visit to Germany.

And if,God forbid,something happens,Chernobyl which we all know a lot about,may seem like a childs fairy tale. Is there such a threat or not? I think there is8230; I would urge everyone to calm down..

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that North Korea could not go on confronting the authority of the Security Council and challenging the international community.

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