Kim Jong-Un tells his army to 'prepare for war' after South Korea and the U.S carry out joint naval drill
- Dictator Kim Jong Un threatened 'to tear to pieces the Stars and Stripes'
- Comments came after joint military drills between U.S. and South Korea
- American government is also readying new sanctions for North Korea
Kim
Jong-Un has told North Korea's military to prepare for war against the
United States, saying he wants 'to tear to pieces the Stars and
Stripes'.
He
also said that America does not have a 'monopoly' on nuclear weapons,
adding: 'The U.S. is seriously mistaken if it thinks its mainland is
safe.'
The
comments were made yesterday after America and South Korea held joint
military exercises before announcing another eight-week operation due to
take place from Monday.
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Kim Jong Un said that America
does not have the 'monopoly' on nuclear weapons, adding that: 'The U.S.
is seriously mistaken if it thinks its mainland is safe.'
The North Korean dictator called
on the army to increase the training of elite units in response to
joint military drills from the U.S. and South Korea on Friday
The aggressive North Korean
statement comes at a time of rising tension on the peninsula after the
communist state also upped its own military drills (pictured, Kim
inspects part of a museum in Pyongyang)
Operation
Foal Eagle will involve around 200,000 South Korean troops and another
3,700 U.S. personnel, spread over land, sea and air.
North
Korea has also recently stepped up its own ground, air and naval
drills, as tensions continue to rise on the fraught peninsula.
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KCNA,
the country's state news agency, said: 'The DPRK will wage a merciless
sacred war against the U.S. now that the latter has chosen
confrontation.
'The
prevailing situation where a great war for national reunification is at
hand requires all the KPA (Korean People's Army) units to become
(elite) Guard Units fully prepared for war politically and
ideologically, in military technique and materially.'
Kim
hit out on the same day the U.S. moved a step closer to imposing new
sanctions on North Korea's banks, blocking their access to hard cash.
Kim said he wanted 'to tear to
pieces the Stars and Stripes' and 'wage a merciless sacred war against
the U.S.', according to the country's state news agency
The comments also came as the
U.S. begins ratifying new laws which will place even tougher sanctions
on North Korea, limiting its access to hard cash
The
bill also has that ability to sanction North Korea officials over dire
human rights abuses and individuals who facilitate cyberattacks on the
U.S.
The
new legislation is partly in response to demands for tougher measures
over Pyongyang's nuclear programme and the alleged hack of Sony Pictures
last year.
The
Obama administration last month blacklisted additional North Korean
officials in response to the Sony hack,aimed at reducing the country's
income from illegal weapon sales.
Last
week a U.N. panel investigating how North Korea avoids sanctions
reported that one shipping company caught trying to smuggle jets and
missiles from Cub had simply renamed its vessels, suggesting that the
new sanctions may not be entirely effective.
South Korea and America will
carry out more joint exercises from Monday involving hundreds of
thousands of troops (pictured, Kim inspects the construction site of a
new science and technology centre)
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