SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il reportedly told his military it might have to go to war if attacked after the sinking of a South Korean ship, as escalating rhetoric between the Koreas rattled Seoul's financial markets.

Few analysts expect conflict despite increasingly furious words after the South announced it would punish its hermit neighbor for torpedoing one of its warships, killing 46 sailors.

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