North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency quoted Kim as warning: “If the enemy tries to use armed forces to infringe on the sovereignty of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will without hesitation use every offensive force it possesses, including… Nuclear weapons“, using his country’s official name.
The agency indicated that the statement Kim Jong Un This came on Wednesday during his inspection of a military training base for special forces west of Pyongyang, according to Agence France-Presse.
And it was South Korean President Yoon Suk-yul threatened during his country’s military parade earlier this week to “end the North Korean regime” if Pyongyang uses nuclear weapons.
“If you try,” Yun said north korea If nuclear weapons are used, they will face a decisive and overwhelming response from our army and from the alliance between the United States and Korea,” according to Agence France-Presse.
Tens of thousands of American military personnel are stationed in South Korea. Seoul does not have nuclear weapons of its own, but it is protected Nuclear umbrella American.
Relations between North and South Korea have reached their lowest levels in years, as it was announced Pyongyang Recently deployed 250 launchers Ballistic missiles On its southern border.