ARIRANG NEWS 14:00 North Korea warns it will retaliate against activists flying anti-
ARIRANG NEWS 14:00 It′s 2 p.m. on Friday, October 10th, here in Korea. Live from Seoul, I′m Laah Hyun-kyung. Welcome to Arirang News. These are the stories we′re following at this hour. North Korea sends some strong warning messages... saying inter-Korean ties will crumble... if activist groups in the South continue flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets into the North. Will the Bank of Korea cut the nation′s key interest rate next week? The BOK chief says a rate cut cannot be the sole remedy for inducing growth. With the Ebola scare spreading around the world,... health officials call for more support to stop the epidemic,... which has claimed nearly 4-thousand lives this year. Title: North Korea warns it will retaliate against activists flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets Let′s start with Pyongyang′s warning to Seoul. North Korea says… flying propaganda leaflets into the North will seriously hurt inter-Korean ties. But observers in South Korea say... Pyongyang is trying to gain an upper hand… and position itself ahead of an upcoming round of high-level inter-Korean talks. Ji Myung-kil has our top story. A South Korean activist group went ahead with its plan to fly anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border on Friday despite warnings from the North that they would retaliate as the day marks the founding anniversary of the North′s ruling Workers′ Party. North Korea′s agency in charge of inter-Korean relations says that, if Seoul does not stop the Fighters of Free North Korea from going ahead with their plans, relations between the two Koreas could crumble. "If the South Korean authorities allow the leaflet-scattering operation, North-South relations will again be pushed to an uncontrollable catastrophe and Seoul will have to bear the responsibility." Tensions have been raised since an exchange of fire earlier this week after a North Korean naval vessel violated the western maritime border. Seoul sees the move as a way for Pyongyang to position itself favorably ahead of planned high-level talks between the two Koreas. Seoul′s Unification Ministry had asked the civic activists to think carefully and scrap their plan to give them the best possible chance to improve inter-Korean ties at a critical time. Ji Myung-kil, Arirang News. Title: Attention on Kim Jong-un′s attendance at 69th anniv. of Workers′ Party North Korea, as we said, is celebrating the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers′ Party on this Friday... and all eyes are on whether leader Kim Jong-un will show up for the festivities. The director of the party′s United Front Department, Kim Yang-gon , told South Korean officials last week on Saturday... that the young leader has no health problems. But speculation about Kim Jong-un′s ill health has been repeated many times,... as he hasn′t been seen in public for over a month now. The party′s anniversary is one of the most important events in North Korea and Kim attended the ceremony last year. Title: U.S.
