Although the president has stepped up his nuclear threats against Washington and Seoul, he is unlikely to use them.
Courtesy | Kim also said South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s new government is run by “confrontation maniacs.”
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has warned that he is willing to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea, state media reported Thursday, in an emphatic speech against his rivals that he says are putting to the Korean peninsula on the brink of war.
Kim’s speech to veterans on the 69th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, which ran from 1950 to 1953, was ostensibly aimed at promoting internal unity in the impoverished nation, which is experiencing economic difficulties related to the covid-19 pandemic. Although the president has intensified his nuclear threats against Washington and Seoul, it is unlikely that he will use them first given the superiority of both militaries, according to experts.
“Our armed forces are fully prepared to respond to any crisis, and our country’s nuclear war deterrents are also ready to mobilize their absolute power with diligence, accuracy and speed, in accordance with their mission,” Kim said in his speech on Thursday. Wednesday, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
In addition, he accused Washington of “demonizing” North Korea to justify its hostile policies and indicated that the military exercises of the United States and South Korea show the “double standards” and the “gangster” aspects of the US government since it qualifies the routine North Korean military activities — an apparent reference to its missile tests — as provocations or threats.
Kim also said South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s new government is run by “confrontation maniacs” and “gangsters” who have gone further than the nation’s previous conservative executives. Since he took power in May, Yoon’s government has taken steps to strengthen Seoul’s military alliance with the United States and bolster its ability to neutralize North Korea’s nuclear threats, including a pre-emptive strike capability.
“To speak of military action against our nation, which possesses weapons of absolute power that they fear the most, is ridiculous and is a very dangerous suicidal action,” Kim said. “Such a dangerous attempt will be immediately punished by our mighty force, and Yoon Suk Yeol’s government and his military will be annihilated.”
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