N. Korea to make S. Korea pay for funeral response

SEOUL– North Korea Friday vowed unspecified retaliation against South Korea for its perceived insulting response to the death of late leader Kim Jong-Il.

The threat came in a statement on the official news agency, also read on state television.

“We will make the Lee Myung-Bak traitor group pay till the end for the eternally unforgivable sins they committed on the occasion of the state funeral,” it said.

The TV highlighted the comment in a sub-title under the announcer, which was repeated for about 10 minutes.