North Korea lashed out at South Korea, the United States, and Japan on Tuesday for signing a deal on sharing military information on the communist nation.
   
Under the pact that went into effect this week, South Korea and Japan will share intelligence via the U.S., especially on the North's nuclear weapons and missile activities.
  
Uriminzokkiri, the North's main Internet-based mouthpiece, described it as a "grave military provocation."
   
The agreement is aimed at "crushing our republic to death militarily and invading" the country, the website said in a commentary.
   
It claimed the accord represents a full-fledged move to establish a trilateral alliance, which raises the likelihood of
nuclear warfare in the region.   
   
Many agree that the pact is a highly symbolic breakthrough in Washington's efforts to bolster three-way defense ties with Seoul and Tokyo, which are locked in decades-old history and territorial disputes. (Yonhap)