Kim Jong-un preps army to ‘thoroughly annihilate’ US, South Korea if provoked

North Korean chief Kim Jong-un has threatened the US and South Korea with complete annihilation, whereas asking his army to good the army’s readiness posture as he felt that the Korean Peninsula is “inching nearer to the brink of armed battle”.

Kim made the comment throughout a gathering with main commanding officers of the Korean People’s Army on the workplace constructing of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party on Sunday, in accordance to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted as saying by Yonhap.

During the assembly, Kim analyzed intimately “the crucial safety surroundings on the Korean Peninsula inching nearer to the brink of armed battle as the times go by and the character of the U.S. and different hostile forces’ army confrontation strikes”, the KCNA mentioned.

“If the enemy go for army confrontation and provocation towards the DPRK, our army ought to deal a lethal blow to totally annihilate them by mobilizing all of the hardest means and potentialities with out second’s hesitation,” he mentioned.

Kim Jong-un mentioned his nation is not going to search reunification and reconciliation with South Korea.

He additionally vowed to put three new army spy satellites into orbit in 2024.

“I imagine that it’s a mistake that we should not make to take care of the individuals who declare us as ‘the primary enemy’ and search solely alternatives for ‘[our] regime collapse’ and ‘unification by absorption’ by collaborating for reconciliation and unification,” Kim was quoted as saying by CNN.

Kim Jong-un visited Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin final 12 months.

The go to signalled a deepening relationship between the 2 nations. As per an Al Jazeera report, Putin mentioned Russia would assist North Korea launch satellites, whereas Kim mentioned Moscow had his full backing in its “sacred battle” with the West.