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Propaganda messages across the border by tomorrow at 5:00 p.m., or it will take military action. if i can set the scene of what led up to this. tensions have been rising over the past couple of weeks. it started when two south korean soldiers were badly injured by land mines. seoul blamed themming on pyongyang. it said that north korean soldiers crossed in to plant the land mines. in retaliation it restarted the program that it calls psychological warfare using speakers to blast propaganda messages across the border. this something they haven't done in more than ten years and known to anger th...

>> reporter: one option on the table, tougher sanctions. north korea could be crippled if the u.s. goes after chinese banks that do business with pyongyang. or the u.s. could flex its cybermuscles and launch a counterattack on pyongyang's computer systems. >> right now the north koreans feel they're winning. the only way we'll stop them is if they were persuaded this was a bad idea. so we have got to react in a way that deters computer attacks of this kind. >> reporter: there is also a legal action, returning an indictment like the u.s. did against five chinese military hackers earlier this ye...

The administration is hesitant to point the finger at north korea. >> we have to consider a range of series of options which we are doing in the u.s. government about how to respond to it. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell cnn that's because they are looking at how to hold north korea's feet to the fire. north korea could be crippled if the u.s. goes after chinese banks that do business with pyongyang or the u.s. could flex its cybermuscles and flex an attack on pyongyang's computer systems. >> the only way we'll stop them is if they are persuaded that this was a bad idea. we've got to react in...

Talk trap approach, one is defense and deterrence as a means to avoid attacks. and the other track is dialogue with the aim to find peaceful solutions to these attentions. >> reporter: finding those peaceful solutions, that's going to be the difficult problem. in taking in the point of view here in south korea, secretary kerry is going to be able to move on to his next stop in beijing for what could be the tougher end of the talks. really hoping to bring china along to put some pressure on pyongyang. it was only today that they announced they were forming a new ministry. a ministry of nuclear ...

The north already can mount a nuclear weapon on a missile. it was revealed of leaked defense in a defense agency study that north korea had moderate confidence that the north had the capability now. a pentagon spokesman said it was inaccurate for the north to show they had fully developed, tested and shown they had such a weapon at this time. kerly will also be visit -- kerry will also visit china. perhaps the only country with influence on pyongyang. kerry said they had huge influence on north korea. despite north korea continuing to raise tensions some people in the south have been out prote...