North Korean Dear Leader Kim Jong-Un has turned the screws a little tighter in his war of words with the US and South Korea. The North Korean news agency has issued a statement saying that the two countries are now in a "state of war" and all issues "will be handled accordingly." NBC News: "From this time on, the North-South relations will be entering a state of war and all issues raised between the North and the South will be handled accordingly," it said.  The statement also warned that if the U.S. and South Korea carried out a pre-emptive attack, the conflict "will not be limited to a local war, but develop into an all-out war, a nuclear war." Analysts have said the North's threats have followed a similar pattern but that the country's 30-year-old leader is unpredictable and potentially dangerous. The White House responded on Saturday by reiterating that "North Korea has a long history of bellicose rhetoric and threats," National Security Council spokeswoman...(Read Full Post)