The Central Committee of the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League, North Korea's prominent youth organisation, has warned that 'the Earth will break' if it launches an attack to 'wipe out' the United States and South Korea.
The warning comes in the wake of the news that South Korea is to build a high-altitude rocket system (THAAD) on its own soil - a powerful weapon for its US allies, as well as North Korea's own failed missile launch.
North Korea's Central News Agency, which only a few hours before had shown footage of a live firing drill, reported a spokesman saying the youths were 'keeping themselves fully combat ready to mercilessly wipe out, with five million nuclear bombs, the group of devils who are trying to bring a nuclear disaster to the inviolable country'.
The secret state is marking the 105th anniversary since the country's founding and 85th anniversary of the inception of the army.
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In response to the latest threats, the US have said they are ready to 'bring Kim Jong-un to his senses'.
Admiral Harry Harris, a top US commander in the Pacific, said that the aim is to bring Kim to his senses and 'not to his knees' reports the BBC.
He reassured that the US would be ready 'with the best technology' to defeat any missile threat. It follows a White House classified meeting, where all 100 senators were called in a rare move. While inviting senators to classified meetings is an unusual step, it does not necessarily mean that a crisis will follow.
Harris said: "With every test Kim grows closer to his goal, which is using nuclear weapons on US.
"As [President Donald] Trump and [Defence Secretary James] Mattis have said, all options are on the table."
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Harris also insisted that the relationship between the US and China remained 'positive and encouraging' despite the East Asian country's warning that the South Korea missile move could be destabilising to the political scene.
South Korea's defence ministry also offered a statement, saying: "South Korea and the United States have been working to secure an early operational capability of the THAAD system in response to North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile threat."
US President Donald Trump, who has already issued active strikes in Syria and Afghanistan, has reportedly settled on a strategy that emphasises pressure on North Korea, with the help of China, instead of military options.
Source: Reuters, BBC, Telegraph, The Guardian
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