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On the same date of the tragic twin bombings at the Boston Marathon, April 15, 2013, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un promoted more violence, this time giving South Korea an ultimate laced in promises of retaliation.
"Our retaliatory action will start without any notice from now," North Korea's state news agency KCNA said on Monday, noting actions would "start immediately," according to Reuters.
South Korea reacted to the threat with a Foreign Ministry spokesman saying it was not worth a response and that it was waiting for the North to make a "wise decision," according to Euro News.
The rhetoric was issued on the101st birthday of its first leader, North Korean leader, Kim Jong II, and comes after weeks of threating war on the United States and South Korea. Now that North Korea says that it will not warn South Korea of a possible attack, is appears as though civil war may be approaching.
South Korean's responded to the threats with protests. According to Fox News, about 250 people in downtown Seoul, where effigies of Kim Il Sung and his late son and successor, Kim Jong Il, were burned. One protester carried a placard saying "Kim Jong Un Out," referring to the third generation of Kim family ruler.
South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok spoke out about the latest North Koran antics. He said South Korea was closely monitoring North Korea's moves and was ready for any attack, according to Fox News. "We will thoroughly and resolutely punish North Korea if it launches any provocation for whatever reason."
Amid concern that Pyongyang could carry out a missile test, Kim Min-seok said South Korea continued to closely monitor the North's military movements, CNN reported.
According to CNN, On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had urged the regime in Pyongyang to ditch its nuclear program and put a lid on its fiery rhetoric if it wants to hold talks.
"The United States has made clear many times what the conditions are for our entering talks, and they haven't changed," Kerry said in an interview with CNN's Jill Dougherty in Tokyo.
State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said Monday the United States is open to dialogue with North Korea but only if Pyongyang proves itself to be trustworthy, reported Fox News.
While the nation deals with international terrorism with North Korea, the City of Boston tried to wrap its head around the domestic act of terror at the Boston Marathon Monday.
Recent reports from Yahoo News, claimed that up to 170 people were injured, and three deaths occured, including an 8-year-old, Martin Richard, son of a former marathon runner, when two bombing went off at the finishline.
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said at a press conference Tuesday that no one is in custody for the crime, but that law enforcement are interviewing witnesses, according to Yahoo News.
