An undated photograph made available on March 4, 2016 by the North Korean news agency KCNA showing Kim Jong Un, supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, meeting millitary personnel during the test-firing of new-type large-caliber multiple launch rocket system.(Photo: KCNA, EPA)
North Korea on Monday again threatened to launch nuclear strikes on the United States and South Korea, as the two countries started their annual joint military drills.
The U.S. and South Korea began their biggest-ever joint exercise<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Monday, involving 300,000 South Korean and 17,000 U.S. troops. The drills, which the North claims are preparations for war against it, will continue until the end of April
The North said its enemies "are working with bloodshot eyes to infringe upon the dignity, sovereignty and vital rights" of the country<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
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"The army and people of the (North) will take military counteraction for preemptive attack so that they may deal merciless deadly blows at the enemies," the North’s National Defense Commission said.
"If we push the buttons to annihilate the enemies even right now, all bases of provocations will be reduced to seas in flames and ashes in a moment.”
South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang Gyun told reporters:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"If North Korea launches a provocation, our military will respond sternly and mercilessly."
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S. Korea: North fires projectiles into sea hours after U.N. Security Council approves sanctions
Last week, the South Korean Defense Ministry said the North fired several short-range projectiles into the sea, hours after the U.N.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Security Council approved the toughest sanctions in decades<span style="color: Red;">*</span>against the North in response to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>its recent nuclear and missile tests. The North's leader<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Kim Jong-Un ordered nuclear weapons to be readied for use, the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Korean<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Central News Agency reported.
North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear weapons test last month, claiming it tested a hydrogen bomb, and fired a long-range rocket over Japanese airspace on Feb. 7 in what was widely condemned as a test of missile technology banned by previous U.N. resolutions.
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