Sentence examples for korean statements from inspiring English sources

While North Korean statements of belligerence are routine, the warning came as tensions in the Korean Peninsula were already high over the mysterious sinking of a South Korean naval patrol ship near the disputed border with the North on Friday.

The North Korean statements have come like a last-minute wild card that could have an unpredictable influence the outcome.

The scorching of the United States in "nuclear flames" or a "nuclear holocaust" is a recurring theme in North Korean statements.

Washington and Seoul consider such North Korean statements as attempts to raise tensions and draw the United States into bilateral talks.

Washington and Seoul consider such North Korean statements a gambit to raise tension and draw the United States to bilateral talks.

Stephen W. Bosworth, who served as the American ambassador to South Korea from 1997 until 2000, said the North Korean statements suggested that "they are feeling pushed into a corner" and even under threat from the United States.

This was a characteristic North Korean statement — a nondenial intended to make readers disbelieve it.

Without naming China, a North Korean statement accused it of "abandoning without hesitation even elementary principles".

"This is a plan to topple our republic," the North Korean statement said on Friday.

Chinese officials made no comment on the North Korean statement today.

Officials in Washington said they had no immediate comment on the North Korean statement.