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NKorea wants of "measures" against Japan
North Korea has warned of countermeasures against Japan for "groundlessly" linking Pyongyang to a suspected spy ship which sank after a fight with the Japanese coastguard.
A foreign ministry spokesman accused Tokyo of "an unpardonable smear campaign" against Pyongyang and denied any involvement in the weekend incident.
The spokesman told Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency monitored in Seoul that the "Japanese authorities used force of arms" to sink what remains an "unidentified ship".
He says North Korea is compelled to maintain the highest degree of vigilance against a series of plots hatched by the Japanese authorities to escalate their anti-North Korea campaign.
The spokesman says Pyongyang will take relevant countermeasures depending on the future attitude of Japan toward the incident.
27/12/01 21:00:33 | ABC Radio Australia News
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