Rumors of War - War

My Way News - NKorea warns of war after exchange of fire with South
My Way News reports: "North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his frontline troops in a 'quasi-state of war' and ordered them to prepare for battle a day after South Korea fired dozens of artillery rounds across the rivals' border in response to what the South said were several rounds of North Korean artillery launched at the South. [...] The Koreas' mine-strewn DMZ is a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the Korean Peninsula still technically in a state of war. About 28,500 U.S. soldiers are deployed in South Korea to deter potential aggression from North Korea."

Comment: Hopefully this will fizzle out as all the other past flare-ups have, but there is always the danger of miscalculation. Of all the conflict flashpoints in the world, the Korean border remains the most volatile and one that can go from zero to catastrophe in minutes.