South Korean press reported an increase in the number of inmates at a labor camp under the Ministry of People's Armed Forces in North Hamkyung Province.

韩国新闻媒体报道说汉江北道人民武装力量部管辖的一个劳动营中犯人数量增加。

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As the military's chief-of-staff until December last year, I can assure you that we know all about the North Korean armed forces.

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On Wednesday, an unidentified spokesman for the North Korean National Defense Commission's armed forces ministry repeated those threats while decrying South Korea's own recent rhetoric, including a warning from Seoul that North Korea's government will "evaporate from the face of the Earth" if it ever uses a nuclear weapon.

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Meanwhile, Japan's defence ministry said the country's armed forces have been ordered to shoot down any North Korean missile headed towards its territory.

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