Kim Jong Un condemned the US and South Korea in a speech to mark Victory Day'
In a speech, to mark the armistice which ended the fights in the Korean War, also known as the ‘victory day’ in North Korea, Kim Jong Un replied to the threats allegedly posed by the United States that required Pyongyang to build up its defence.
Kim Jong said to the state media, “Our armed forces are thoroughly prepared to respond to any crisis, and our nation’s nuclear war deterrence is also fully ready to mobilise its absolute strength faithfully, accurately and promptly to its mission”. The speech was addressed after officials in Seoul and Washington confirmed that North Korea had completed preparations to conduct its first nuclear test since 2017.
South Korea’s foreign minister on Wednesday said that North Korea might face serious sanctions including measures aimed at curbing its cyberattack capabilities if it goes ahead with the test. In his speech, Kim addressed that Washington continues “dangerous, illegal hostile acts” with South Korea against his nation after some 70 years of the war. He said he seeks to justify its behaviour by “demonising” it.
North Korea has accused the USA for the longest period of having double standards over military activities and pursuing what they claim is a “hostile policy” towards Pyongyang. In 2019, Denuclearisation talks were collapsed over sanctions relief. Kim Jong Un in his address said, “The duplex act of the United States, which is misleading all the routine actions of our armed forces as ‘provocation’ and ‘threat’ while holding large-scale joint military exercises that seriously threaten our security, is literally a robbery,”.
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