North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his Central Military Commission to step up 'war preparation' in an 'offensive way' to deter U.S. and South Korean military drills in the area.
In this undated photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a meeting of the North Korean ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Military Commission in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.
"North Korea should instead pay attention to the safety of its citizens with a typhoon approaching," Ahn said, referencing Tropical Storm Khaunun. hit South Korea on Thursday and is expected to make landfall in North Korea on Friday. "We are maintaining a firm readiness posture, and North Korea’s empty threats of force will not work with us," Ahn added.President Yoon Suk Yeol's administration will"never" seek an end to the 70-year-long conflict, Reunification Minister Kim Yung-ho said last week in one of his first conferences since being appointed.
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