EDIT CONTAINS 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />North Korean soldiers are put through their paces in Pyongyang - following an ominous threat by their government to tear up the 1953 armistice that ended the war on the Korean peninsula.<br/> <br />On Tuesday - in a rare television appearance - top North Korean general Kim Yong Chol said the North could use nuclear weapons if South Korean and U.S. soldiers continued with what Pyongyang considers a hostile joint military exercise.<br/> <br />The South Korean government's response to this latest round of sabre-rattling has been clear.<br/> <br />South Korean Major General Kim Yong-Hyun said that should the North undertake any provocation, they have quote a 'strong and decisive punishment in place' that would involve targetting the North's leadership.<br/> <br />Meanwhile China, North Korea's only strategic and economic ally, urged restraint.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING SAYING:<br/> <br />"The current peninsular situation is compl
