North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong-un infuriated soldiers with a violent rant that questioned South Korean President Yun Seok-Yeol's mental capacity, vowing to use nuclear weapons “without hesitation” if they were determined to be nuclear weapons. State media reported on Friday. need.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea's main state propaganda news agency, reported Kim said he oversaw military training and made remarks to military commanders on Tuesday. focus Regarding the response to South Korea's celebration of Armed Forces Day with a parade on the same day. The South Korean parade displayed some of Seoul's most powerful missiles, including a giant conventional missile apparently aimed at sending a message to North Korea that it would face a serious attack in response to a first nuclear strike. Ta.
In addition to Kim's speech, Kim's sister Kim Yo Jong, a senior Communist Party official, also published a commentary Friday mocking South Korea's missiles and declaring South Korea's military inferior due to its lack of nuclear weapons.
Kim Jong-un first insulted Yun in a speech to the trainees, pointing out that South Korea had used the speech to dissuade Kim from bombing his country.
Kim said, “The fact that the puppet Yoon boasted of an overwhelming military counterattack in the face of a nuclear-weapon state was a great irony, raising concerns that he was an abnormal person.'' This clearly suggests Mr. Yoon's actions. Below average mental ability.
Elsewhere in Kim's rant, the dictator announced that the “enemy” would “never take nuclear weapons away from us,” calling them “irreversible and absolute strength as a nuclear state.”
“If the enemy, caught in extreme stupidity and recklessness, steps forward and attempts to use the military to violate our sovereignty,” Kim vowed. [North Korea] It will use all its offensive capabilities, including nuclear weapons, without hesitation. ”
He added the caveat that the statement was not intended as a “rhetorical threat” but rather “a realistic prediction of the physical destructive power that the peoples of the world will have to acknowledge.” Ta.
Meanwhile, Kim Yo Jong focused on mentioning weapons displayed at South Korea's military parade on Tuesday. The highlight of the parade was the display of a South Korean-developed missile model known as Hyunmu-5. JoongAng Ilbo explained As a “monster” conventional missile, carrying an 8-ton warhead and capable of inflicting damage comparable to tactical nuclear weapons.
Kim's sister laughed at her Explanation Concerned that conventional weapons could in some way resemble nuclear bombs, he called the parade a “stupid farce” performed by “a bunch of lunatics.”
“No one with a certain amount of common sense would talk about the 'end of the regime' of a worthless person with a large weapon. They should know their shame,” Kim Yo Jong wrote. Kim was referring to Yun's threat to jointly eliminate South Korea and the United States if they attack North Korea's communist regime with nuclear weapons.
“We will never be able to overcome the wall of military inferiority that is the fate of non-nuclear-weapon nations,'' Kim declared, and once again insulted South Korea, calling it “a dog with mange wearing a helmet.'' Even if a dog wears a helmet, it cannot become a tiger or a lion. ”
Korean Ministry of Defense answered He declared that North Korea's violence was “absolutely unacceptable.”
During the term of outgoing US commander-in-chief Joe Biden, Kim Jong-un significantly increased the frequency of his belligerent threats against South Korea and repeatedly called for the country to expand its nuclear arsenal. In January 2023, Kim announced in a speech that he planned to “drastically” increase the number of nuclear warheads in his arsenal, a pledge he reiterated in September.
“Right now, the south is [sic] South Korean puppet force designating North Korea [North Korea] as their “main force” [sic] “This emphasizes the importance and necessity of mass production of tactical nuclear weapons and calls for an exponential increase in the country's nuclear weapons stockpile,” Kim said in January 2023. “We consider those who publicly trumpet this to be our undisputed enemies.” ”
According to a report released in June by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), North Korea is thought to have 50 nuclear warheads in 2024, 20 more than in 2023. There is.
In addition to nuclear warheads, North Korea's state media has reported unprecedented displays over the past year of “very large” conventional missile warheads, a fleet of suicide drones, and “underwater nuclear weapons systems.” It has published images it claims show a uranium enrichment facility intended to produce fuel for nuclear warheads.
KCNA claimed at the time that the facility was “dynamically producing nuclear material by researching, developing and deploying all system elements,” and Kim expressed “great satisfaction.”
