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AFP, Seoul

North Korean state media Wednesday marked the 40th anniversary of the seizure of the US spy ship Pueblo by demanding Washington learn lessons from the incident.

"If the US imperialists persistently pursue their hostile policy towards the DPRK (North Korea) and their design to invade it, they will suffer a more shameful defeat (than in 1968)," said a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency.

It attributed the statement to an organisation called the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front, following a tour by its members of the ship on Tuesday.

The USS Pueblo was attacked and seized by North Korea's navy on January 23, 1968. One American sailor was killed in the assault and 82 others were captured and held prisoner for 11 months before they were freed.