North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said at a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary of the armistice in the Korean War that he is ready to fight the US and “eliminate” South Korea.
July 27, 1953 marks the date when an agreement signed by the Allies and the leaders of the north and south of the peninsula led to a cease-fire that brought the bloody three-year war to an inconclusive stalemate.
North Korea is celebrating the day as “Victory to the Fatherland,” and the official state-run Korean Central News Agency reported details of the authoritarian leader’s speech on Thursday.
“US imperialists are pushing the South Korean authorities to a suicidal confrontation,” Kim said on Wednesday.
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He assured citizens that the country’s armed forces were “fully prepared” for any crisis and that their “nuclear war deterrent” was “ready to mobilize its absolute might” at any moment.
“The South Korean regime and its military thugs are devising tactics to confront us militarily… Such a dangerous attempt will be immediately punished by our powerful force and the Yun Suk-yeol regime and its army will be eliminated.”
The speech marked Kim’s first public appearance in nearly three weeks and included some of his strongest anti-South Korea remarks in recent memory.
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South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May, has vowed to take a tougher stance against Pyongyang after former President Moon Jae-in was heavily criticized by many for being too soft on North Korea and “so desperate ‘ to please the supreme leader.
Despite dealing with the worst of its coronavirus outbreak earlier this year, North Korea has also ramped up its military exercises, launching more than 13 reported short-range missile launches in the first half of this year alone.
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