South Korea's defense chief called Wednesday for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea if there is a clear indication the country is preparing a nuclear attack.
Meanwhile, a state-run think tank predicted a military coup, popular uprising, a massacre or mass defections after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies. Kim, who turns 68 next month, is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008.
The comments and speculation — made even as officials from the two Koreas discussed further developing a joint industrial complex in the North — are likely to anger Pyongyang, which recently threatened to break off dialogue and to attack Seoul.
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