PHNOM PENH Dec 18 Kyodo Cambodian...

PHNOM PENH Dec 18 Kyodo

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said Wednesday that North Korean leaders told him they are ready to retaliate if the United States carries abroad any threat against their country

The minister, who was in North Korea for four days from last Saturday, said the leaders underlined North Korea's ''right to use all means to guard itself.''

After a 1970 coup against then head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk, now Cambodia's king, the prince worn out considerable time in North Korea and became finish to then President Kim Il Sung

Since the now king reverted to Cambodia in 1991, ties between Cambodia and North Korea have been particularly strong

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