North Korea has vowed to " ;destroy completely" its enemies in the event of war, when leader Kim Jong-un gives the order, the state news agency KCTA reported today, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
Senior military officials made the statements yesterday, driven by “a rising hatred” to the US and South Korea, in a meeting attended by the country's leader Kim Jong-un, to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the military armistice between the DPRK and the Republic of Korea, according to the KCTA.
North Korea and the US do not have diplomatic relations, and talks on reducing tensions and denuclearizing North Korea have been stalled since 2019. North Korea's state media recently reported that this is not expected to change, regardless of who is next president in the White House.
Accusing the US and South Korea of being “eager to provoke a nuclear war", top military officials vowed to strengthen military effectiveness to mount a “crushing attack on the enemy at any time and without delay and destroy it completely, after the respected Supreme Commander Kim Jong-un gave the order."
On July 27, 1953, North Korea signed an armistice agreement with the United States and China, ending hostilities in a three-year war. American generals sign the agreement, representing the UN forces that supported South Korea.
North Korea calls July 27 “Victory Day” and South Korea does not mark the day with big events.
The hostilities ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, so two countries are still technically at war, according to Reuters.