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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/north-korea-praises-kim-jong-il.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-north-korea-praises-kim-jong-il.jpg" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>North Korea could be planning another nuclear test for next year, a South Korean think tank has warned, as Pyongyang celebrated the anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il&#8217;s elevation to military chief, calling him &#8220;an invincible and iron-willed commander&#8221;.</p>
<p>The 19th anniversary of Kim being named supreme commander of the Korean People&#8217;s Army came a day after South Korea held massive drills near the world&#8217;s most heavily armed border &#8211; part of a series of exercises that have angered the North and prompted it to threaten to launch a &#8220;sacred&#8221; nuclear war if attacked.</p>
<p>Heated rhetoric has increasingly been heard from both sides, as tensions have soared between the rivals in the month since a North Korean artillery barrage on a South Korean island killed four people.</p>
<p>On Friday, the North lauded Kim Jong Il and his &#8220;songun&#8221;, or &#8220;military-first,&#8221; policy. &#8220;Kim Jong Il is the benevolent father and a mainstay for the faith of the army and people,&#8221; Pyongyang&#8217;s main Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in an editorial.</p>
<p>Kim attended a banquet on Friday along with his youngest son and heir apparent, Kim Jong Un, as senior North Korean officials enthusiastically welcomed the senior Kim and extended &#8220;the highest glory and the warmest thanks&#8221; to him, KCNA reported Saturday.</p>
<p>With relations at a low, North Korea has been struggling to restart negotiations aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program &#8211; talks that have provided it much-needed aid in exchange for pledges to disarm. The programme &#8211; and two widely condemned nuclear tests- has drawn a raft of sanctions from the international community, making Pyongyang increasingly reliant on aid to feed its people.</p>
<p>But far from backing away from the nuclear issue, North Korea is expected to continue to work on its atomic weapons programs in 2011, a South Korean Foreign Ministry-affiliated think tank has said.</p>
<p>&#8220;The possibility is always open for a third nuclear test to improve&#8221; its atomic capabilities, the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security said in a report.</p>
<p>According to a report released by the International Crisis Group, the Koreas&#8217; disputed maritime boundary and the volatility of North Korea&#8217;s internal politics have &#8220;created a serious risk that any further provocation might turn into a wider conflict&#8221;. </p>
<p>While the North would lose in an all-out war against the South and the United States, &#8220;Seoul is constrained in retaliating forcefully because it has so much to lose&#8221; economically and politically, the report said.</p>
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