North Korea threatens to reduce US and South Korea to ‘flames and ash’
Pyongyang has issued its latest belligerent threat, warning of an indiscriminate ‘pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice’
Guardian.co.uk
Sunday 6 March 2016
North Korea has threatened to turn Washington and Seoul into “flames and ashes”, warning of an indiscriminate “pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice” in reaction to the start of US-South Korean military drills.
Such threats have been a staple of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, since he took power after his father’s death in December 2011. But they tend to increase when Washington and Seoul stage what they describe as annual defensive springtime war games.
Pyongyang says the drills, which were set to start on Monday and run to the end of April, are rehearsals for invading.
North Korea’s powerful National Defence Commission threatened strikes against targets in South Korea, US bases in the Pacific and the US mainland, saying its enemies “are working with bloodshot eyes to infringe upon the dignity, sovereignty and vital rights” of the country.
“If we push the buttons to annihilate the enemies even right now, all bases of provocations will be reduced to seas in flames and ashes in a moment,” the statement said.
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