North Korea's U.N. envoy said today that any U.N. Security Council action over the sinking of a South Korean naval ship that was hostile to Pyongyang would be met by a military "follow-up.", Reuters reported. Seoul, which has accused North Korea of torpedoing the corvette Cheonan on March 26, killing 46 sailors, brought the dispute to the Security Council this month, asking the 15-nation body to take action to deter "further provocation." "If the Security Council release any documents against us condemning or questioning us in any document then myself as diplomat I can do nothing, but the follow-up measures will be carried out by our military forces," North Korea's U.N. Ambassador Sin Son-ho told a rare news conference. Sin, who was speaking in English, was asked if he meant that North Korea would take military action in response to the adoption of any resolution or statement by the council. "I told you that if any action is taken by Security Council against us, I lose my job," he said. "Military will have its own job, I mean follow-up. I gave you the answer. You can prejudge what is the meaning I have told you." Sin warned that the situation on the Korean peninsula remained tense due to what he called the "reckless maneuvers" of the South. He said it was "a touch-and-go situation that war may break out at any time," adding that "our people and our army will smash our aggressors." Delegations from the South and North presented the council on Monday with their positions on the events of March 26. The council's president, Mexican Ambassador Claude Heller, said after the two separate informal meetings that council members were gravely concerned about the incident and urged both sides to "refrain from any act that could escalate tensions in the region." He did not say who was to blame.
