{"id":110268,"date":"2024-10-04T10:58:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T03:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110268"},"modified":"2024-10-04T10:58:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T03:58:13","slug":"north-koreas-kim-threatens-to-destroy-south-korea-with-nuclear-strikes-if-provoked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110268","title":{"rendered":"North Korea&#8217;s Kim threatens to destroy South Korea with nuclear strikes if provoked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) \u2014 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked, state media reported Friday, after <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-korea-missile-north-nuclear-7f2f8774b8ebbe697e611b14c06c1de5\">the South\u2019s leader<\/a><\/span> warned that Kim\u2019s regime would collapse if he attempted to use nuclear arms.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-kim-nuclear-missile-icbm-4b5cd2492261ce94dab0f5df1187caec\">such rhetoric<\/a><\/span> between the rival Koreas is nothing new, but the latest comments come during heightened animosities over the North\u2019s recent disclosure of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-nuclear-uranium-kim-feedc5606c455a94fcee67fa50e1236d\">a nuclear facility<\/a><\/span> and its continuation of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-kim-missiles-39ac9c4a37ebc7c827651e4256add05b\">missile tests.<\/a><\/span> Next week, observers say North Korea\u2019s rubber-stamp parliament is expected to constitutionally declare <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-kim-jong-un-abolish-south-relations-7773f5b39f6d4c5a52acf9fe8486fe04\">a hostile \u201ctwo-state\u201d<\/a><\/span> system on the Korean Peninsula to formally reject reconciliation with South Korea and codify new national borders.<\/p>\n<p>During a visit to a special operation forces unit on Wednesday, Kim said his military \u201cwould use without hesitation all the offensive forces it possesses, including nuclear weapons,\u201d if South Korea attempts to use armed forces encroaching upon the sovereignty of North Korea, according to the North\u2019s official Korean Central News Agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf such a situation comes, the permanent existence of Seoul and the Republic of Korea would be impossible,\u201d Kim said, using South Korea\u2019s official name.<\/p>\n<p>Kim\u2019s statement was a response to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol\u2019s speech at his country\u2019s Armed Forces Day on Tuesday. Unveiling South Korea\u2019s most powerful Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile and other conventional weapons that could target North Korea, Yoon said the day that North Korea tries to use nuclear weapons would be the end of the Kim government because Kim would face \u201cthe resolute and overwhelming response\u201d of the South Korean-U.S. alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Kim responded that Yoon\u2019s address fully betrayed his \u201cbellicose temerity\u201d and showed \u201cthe security uneasiness and irritating psychology of the puppet forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a derisive comment, Kim called Yoon \u201can abnormal man,\u201d saying that \u201cthe puppet Yoon bragged about an overwhelming counteraction of military muscle at the doorstep of a state that possesses nuclear weapons.\u201d On Thursday, Kim\u2019s sister and senior official, Kim Yo Jong, also ridiculed South Korea\u2019s showcasing of the Hyunmoo-5 missile, saying there there\u2019s no way for South Korea to counter the North Korea\u2019s nuclear forces with conventional weapons. <\/p>\n<p>Since adopting an <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/asia-united-states-south-korea-nuclear-weapons-north-acad3f4abf01c88a2dd8be02860d8c8e\">escalatory nuclear doctrine<\/a><\/span> in 2022, Kim has repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons preemptively. But many foreign experts say it\u2019s still unlikely that he would use his nuclear arms first because his military is outmatched by the U.S. and its allied forces. In July, South Korea and the U.S. signed <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-korea-us-nuclear-guidelines-a0446c1ad624442e49061d02db92d165\">a defense guideline<\/a><\/span> on integrating South Korea\u2019s conventional capabilities with the U.S. nuclear forces to better deal with North Korea\u2019s advancing nuclear program. South Korea has no nuclear weapons. <\/p>\n<p>Animosities between the Koreas are at the worst point in years with Kim\u2019s provocative run of missile tests and the South Korean-U.S. military exercises intensifying in a cycle of tit-for-tat. All communication channels and exchange programs between the rivals remain stalled since 2019, when a broader <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-ap-top-news-north-korea-vietnam-north-america-1a282706835d427184efc29700f94121\">U.S.-North Korea diplomacy<\/a><\/span> on ending the North\u2019s nuclear program collapsed. <\/p>\n<p>In January, Kim called for rewriting North Korea\u2019s constitution to eliminate the idea of a peaceful unification between the war-divided countries and to cement the South as an \u201cinvariable principal enemy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He also reiterated that his country does not recognize the Northern Limit Line, a western sea boundary that was drawn by the U.S.-led U.N. Command at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. He called for the new constitution to include a clear definition of the North\u2019s territories. North Korea has traditionally insisted upon a boundary that encroaches deeply into waters currently controlled by South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, South Korea\u2019s military said North Korea was again flying balloons likely carrying trash across the border into South Korea. Since late May, North Korea has launched thousands of rubbish-carrying balloons toward South Korea, prompting South Korea to resume anti-Pyongyang propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts at border areas. <\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Follow AP\u2019s Asia-Pacific coverage at <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/asia-pacific\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/asia-pacific<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-kim-nuclear-weapons-south-b10f3ee96e9a1171ad8043f2d8d0f8bb\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) \u2014 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked, state media reported Friday, after the South\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110268\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}