"No one can say a war will break out in Korea or not and whether it will break out today or tomorrow, " said the spokesman for the General Staff of the North's Korean People's Army (KPA).

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"The responsibility for this grave situation entirely rests with the U.S. administration and military warmongers keen to encroach upon the DPRK's sovereignty and bring down its dignified social system with brigandish logic, " the KPA spokesman added in a statement published by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

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While the reputation of Kim Il-Sung remains above reproach, his pampered heir is afforded no such deference by the martial fanatics in the KPA. This purported schism has led some to believe that Kim must take into consideration the opinion of the army to some extent before choosing the KPA's next commander in chief.

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