North Korea threatened a military response to "provocations" as it shelled a buffer zone near South Korea for the third day in a row.
North Korea threatens to respond to provocations
Kim Yo Jong, the sister and critical ally of leader Kim Jong Un, said North Korea would immediately launch a military strike in response to any provocation.
I once again state clearly that the Korean People's Army (KPA) trigger safety has already been released. As it has already been stated, the KPA will launch an immediate military strike if the enemy carries out even a minor provocation, the dictator's sister said.
According to information from South Korea, on January 7, North Korea again fired about 90 projectiles. At the same time, the North Korean army said that it did not pose a threat to South Korea since the shooting was carried out parallel to the shared border.
For the third day in a row, the North Korean army has been shelling the coastline in the area of islands on the border with South Korea.
By the way, on January 5, North Korea fired about 200 artillery shells near two South Korean islands on the western border — Epheondo and Penyondo. This forced the residents of the islands to evacuate and the South Korean military to conduct live-fire drills in return.
What preceded it
As North Korea's state media reports, Kim Jong-un's new loud threats were made during his meeting with the top officers of the North Korean army.
The dictator decided to analyse the security situation on the Korean Peninsula and concluded that it is allegedly approaching the edge of armed conflict every day.
Against this background, Kim Jong Un once again began to insist on "further sharpening the cherished sword to protect the security and peace of North Korea".
The more dynamically the Korean revolution develops, the more desperately the American imperialists and the clan of the Republic of Korea (the official name of South Korea — ed.) are trying to stop it, the dictator cynically lied.
In addition, it is emphasised that Kim Jong-un called for a deadly blow and destruction of the specified countries if they, they say, dared to "military confrontation and provocation against North Korea".
According to him, North Korea must mobilise all the most potent forces and means "without hesitating for a minute."
