] North Korea's ruling party newspaper has fired a barb at
] Washington, saying the country is ready to deliver "bitter
] defeat and death" to a threatening United States.
]
] "The DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea]
] remains unfazed as it has made full preparations to cope
] with the confrontation and clash with the Yankees," a
] commentary in the ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun
] said.
]
] "The army and people of the DPRK with burning
] hatred for the Yankees are in full readiness to fight a
] death-defying battle."