Those Wacky North Koreans Are At It Again

North Korea Warns Of ‘Merciless’ Nuclear Strike – Sky News

The North Korean military says it has “ratified” a merciless attack against the United States, potentially involving a “cutting-edge” nuclear strike.

“The moment of explosion is approaching fast,” the army said in a statement on state news agency KCNA.

War could break out “today or tomorrow,” the statement said, quoting a spokesman for the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army.

“The merciless operation of (our) revolutionary armed forces in this regard has been finally examined and ratified.

“The US had better ponder over the prevailing grave situation.”

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Pyongyang’s latest pronouncement came as Washington scrambled to reinforce its Pacific defences, preparing to move an advanced missile defence system to the island of Guam.

The land-based weapon, which is primed to shoot down short and medium-range missiles, will be sent to the US territory to defend its bases there.

The Pentagon has already sent bombers, stealth aircraft and ships.

Tensions have been soaring on the Korean peninsula since the North launched a long-range rocket in December and conducted its third nuclear test in February.

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North Korea has threatened missile and nuclear strikes against the US and South Korea in response to UN sanctions and joint military drills.

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said earlier on Wednesday that North Korea’s “bellicose dangerous rhetoric” posed a “real and clear danger” to America and its allies South Korea and Japan.

“They have nuclear capacity now, they have missile delivery capacity now,” he said.

“We take those threats seriously, we have to take those threats seriously.

“We are doing everything we can, working with the Chinese and others to defuse that situation on the peninsula.

“I hope the North will ratchet its very dangerous rhetoric down.”

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And in another escalation in the crisis, North Korea on Wednesday blocked access to the key Kaesong joint industrial zone with South Korea.

Any move on Kaesong – established in 2004 and a crucial source of hard currency for North Korea – carries enormous significance.

Neither of the Koreas has allowed previous crises to significantly affect the complex, which is the only surviving example of inter-Korean cooperation and seen as a bellwether for stability on the Korean peninsula.

China, the North’s sole major ally, appealed for “calm” from all sides, repeating Beijing’s oft-declared position.

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Hacked: TV Station’s Emergency Alert System Warns That ‘Bodies Of The Dead Are Rising From Their Graves’ (Video)

Hacked: TV Station’s Emergency Alert System Warns That ‘Bodies Of The Dead Are Rising From Their Graves’ – The Blaze

Television viewers in several Montana counties had to be baffled when an emergency alert interrupted the “Steve Wilkos Show” to report that the zombie apocalypse had begun – and after millions of Americans had watched AMC’s “The Walking Dead” just the night before.

“Civil authorities in your area have reported that the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living,” the emergency alert calmly stated. “Do not attempt to approach or apprehend these bodies as they are considered very dangerous.”

The somewhat humorous – and clearly fake – alert was promptly yanked from the air and KRTV issued an apology on air and online for the mix-up.

Someone apparently hacked into the Emergency Alert System and announced on KRTV and the CW that “dead bodies are rising from their graves” in several Montana counties.

This message did not originate from KRTV, and there is no emergency.

Our engineers are investigating to determine what happened and if it affected other media outlets.

The Great Falls Tribune reports at least four people called the police to see if the hoax was true following the alert.

As Gawker observes, we don’t know who is responsible for the hack, how they did it or why. If nothing else, rest easy knowing the zombie apocalypse has been averted for at least one more day.

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Town Council Warns Residents Vampire Is On The Loose After His House Collapsed

‘Put Garlic In Your Windows And Crosses In Your Homes’: Council Warns Residents Vampire Is On The Loose After His House Collapsed – Daily Mail

Sales of garlic are booming in western Serbia today after the local council issued a public health warning that a vampire was on the loose.

The official announcement came after an old ruined mill said to once have been the home of the country’s most famous vampire collapsed.

Sava Savanovic was believed to have lived in the shack on the Rogacica river in Zarozje village in the municipality of Bajina Basta.

It is said he drank the blood of anybody that came to mill their grain.

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The watermill was bought by the local Jagodic family and they were too scared to use it as a mill – but discovered it was a goldmine when they started advertising for tourists to come and visit it – always during the day.

The family were worried about carrying out building work on the mill because they were scared they might disturb the vampire or unleash his wrath.

And now the property has collapsed through lack of repair.

But for locals it has sparked rumours that the vampire is now free once again.

Local mayor Miodrag Vujetic admitted: ‘People are worried, everybody knows the legend of this vampire and the thought that he is now homeless and looking for somewhere else and possibly other victims is terrifying people. We are all frightened.’

He added that it was all very well for people who didn’t live in the area to laugh at their fears but he said nobody in the region was in any doubt that vampires do exist.

He confirmed that the local council had advised all villagers to put garlic on their doors and windows to protect them from the vampire as it was well known they can’t stand the smell.

He added: ‘We have also reminded them to put a Holy cross in every room in the house.’

Villagers who cashed in catering to tourists fascinated by the legend of Savanovic say they now wish they had left the place well alone.

Although he is usually said to have been the first Serbian vampire, there were claims that there is an earlier vampire in Serbian folklore, Petar Blagojević, from Veliko Gradište, who died in 1724.

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