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"The North Koreans, being paranoid in their own way,
have always had this concern: 'If there is going to be an invasion,
this would be the time,'" said Philip Yun,
executive director of the Ploughshares Fund,
a group that advocates nuclear disarmament.
"But that's not the intent on the U.S.-South Korean side."
Is N. Korea's threat to attack US just more bluster?
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This time around, North Korea appeared to shoot at loudspeakers
the South had set up along the DMZ blaring out propaganda
in the wake of the landmines incident,
prompting a retaliation from South Korean forces.
Pyongyang had previously threatened to blow up the speakers and warned of
"indiscriminate strikes."
"North Korea is especially sensitive about propaganda from South Korea,"
explained CNN's Seoul producer, KJ Kwon.
"They've even shot at balloons carrying leaflets critical of
Pyongyang that activists have floated across the border."