(Australian) Govt shrugs off nuclear 'threat' | ABC (Australia)

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Govt shrugs off nuclear 'threat'

The Federal Government has dismissed warnings that Australia could face a nuclear strike from North Korea if it intercepts ships believed to be carrying nuclear weapons.

The executive director of the Centre for Korean-American Peace, Kim Myong-Chol, has warned that if Australia interdicts North Korean ships, North Korea will retaliate with a nuclear missile attack.

Prime Minister John Howard, in the Philippines on his Asian tour, says Mr Myong-Chol has no authority.

"The unofficial spokesman - well he doesn't have a lot of credibility," Mr Howard said. "He's made these sort of statements before and I don't intend to react to rhetoric of that kind."

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