N. Korean leader threatens to use nuclear weapons against enemies’ possible attacks

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un delivers a speech during his visit to Kim Jong Un University of National Defense to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its founding, in this photo provided by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, Oct. 8. Yonhap
Published October 8, 2024

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has threatened to use nuclear weapons if the country’s enemies attempt to use armed force against it, state media reported Tuesday.

The latest rhetoric comes as North Korea is presumed to have kicked off a key parliamentary meeting Monday to revise the constitution in a way that cements its animosity toward South Korea as a “primary foe.”

“All military force will be used without hesitation if enemies attempt to use force against our country, and the use of nuclear weapons will not be ruled out,” Kim said in a speech during his visit to Kim Jong Un University of National Defense on Monday, according to the Korean Central News Agency.

Kim said the country’s constitution will “give a stern order to the military’ to take actions, if provoked,” without elaborating.

The warning came six days after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said that North Korea will face the end of its regime if it attempts to use nuclear weapons, warning of a “resolute and overwhelming” response from the South Korea-U.S. alliance.

Kim later called Yoon an “abnormal man” for talking about military actions against the nuclear-armed North Korea.

 

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SOURCE: www.m.koreatimes.co.kr

RELATED: North Korea’s Kim again threatens to use nuclear weapons against South Korea and US

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has warned again that he could use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United States, as he accused them of raising animosities on the Korean Peninsula

Published October 7, 2024

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned again that he could use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United States, as he accused them of provoking North Korea and raising animosities on the Korean Peninsula, state media reported Tuesday.

Kim has issued similar threats to use nuclear weapons preemptively numerous times, but his latest warning came as outside experts say North Korea could ramp up hostilities ahead of next month’s U.S. presidential election.

In a Monday speech at a university named after him, the Kim Jong Un University of National Defense, he said that North Korea “will without hesitation use all its attack capabilities against its enemies” if they attempt to use armed forces” against North Korea, according to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.

“The use of nuclear weapons is not ruled out in this case,” he said.

Kim said North Korea’s nuclear response posture must be fully enhanced because South Korea and the United States are pushing to beef up their military alliance based on joint nuclear and strategic planning, a move that he said would increase the danger of breaking the balance of power on the Korean Peninsula.

Kim apparently refers to the new South Korea-U.S. deterrence guideline that the two countries signed in July to integrate South Korean conventional capabilities with U.S. nuclear weapons to better deal with North Korea’s evolving nuclear threats. South Korea has no nuclear weapons.

 

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SOURCE: www.abcnews.go.com