North Korea compared this Wednesday in more than 1.4 million young people have joined the North Korean army in the last 48 hourswhich is linked to the escalation of tensions on the island and after announcing the “permanent closure” of the ‘de facto’ border with South Korea.
According to information gathered by the North Korean news agency KCNA, the requests were made between Monday and Tuesday (October 14 and 15) due to South Korea “want to destroy waste” “who seriously violated the North Korean regime by bringing a drone into the capital to bring the problems to the end of the war.” “When the war starts, the Republic of Korea will be completely destroyed. Since it wants war, we are ready to end its existence,” said the aforementioned newspaper organization, adding that “interested youth are determined. to come out of the holy war to destroy the enemy with the weapons of evolution”.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called a security meeting on Monday to address South Korea’s drone strikes on North Korean territory, an issue he called a “deep disappointment” and a “violation of sovereignty.” North Korea, though Seoul insists that no such deployment took place.
In recent weeks, the North Korean authorities have sent a large number of garbage balloons across the border, prompting Seoul to resume propaganda about the arrogance, as well as fireworks near the border, the activities of which the military and the United States have been increasing. .
North Korea has been increasing its launch of ballistic missiles and other projectiles in recent years, activities it describes as a “warning” against the actions of Seoul, with which it has not signed a peace treaty despite the end of the Korean War. in 1953 by the army.