SEOUL: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un convened a top national security meeting on Monday (Oct 14), state media reported, directing a plan of "immediate military action" at a time of spiking tensions with the South.
North Korea n leader Kim Jong Un delivering a speech at Kim Jong Un University of National Defence for its 60th founding anniversary in Pyongyang on Oct 7, 2024. SEOUL: North Korea 's leader Kim Jong Un convened a top national security meeting on Monday , state media reported, directing a plan of"immediate military action" at a time of spiking tensions with the South.
"He set forth the direction of immediate military action and indicated important tasks to be fulfilled in the operation of the war deterrent and the exercise of the right to self-defence," the Korean Central News Agency reported. Officials at the meeting in Pyongyang heard a report on the"enemy's serious provocation", KCNA reported an apparent reference to the drone flights.The North has accused Seoul of being responsible for the drones, which dropped propaganda leaflets filled with"inflammatory rumours and rubbish", and warned on Sunday that it would consider it"a declaration of war" if another drone was detected.
The United Nations Command, which oversees the armistice that ended active fighting in the 1950 to 1953 Korean War, said it was aware of the North Korean claim.
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