According to Kim Ye-jong, if the US and South Korea shoot down a North Korean missile over the Pacific Ocean, Pyongyang will take it as a declaration of war.
The sister of the DPRK leader and deputy director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim Ye-jong, threatened the United States of America with war. This is stated on the website of the Central News Agency of Korea.
According to Kim Ye-jong, the Pacific Ocean does not belong to the United States. However, South Korea said they would shoot down North Korean missiles that Pyongyang launches as part of the exercise. She stated that this would be taken by the DPRK as a declaration of war.
“If our test launch of strategic weapons, which is carried out on the high seas and in a region not under the jurisdiction of the United States, without causing any harm to the security of surrounding countries, is followed by a military reaction, like an interception, then this will be an obvious declaration of war against the DPRK,” she said. Kim Ye Jeong.
She noted that the demonstrative military actions and all sorts of rhetorical expressions by the United States and South Korea have reached an unacceptable limit and are going in an extremely “crazy direction.” Pyongyang has a doctrine of military action in such a situation.
“The United States and South Korea should refrain from words and actions that further aggravate the situation,” said Kim Ye-jong.
Earlier it was reported that the DPRK launched 4 nuclear missiles over the Sea of Japan. The State Agency of North Korea reported on the successful launch of Hwasar-2 strategic cruise missiles.
South Korea has voiced its position on nuclear weapons. According to a poll released in February, 71% of South Koreans are in favor of developing their own nuclear weapons.
Experts have named countries whose ecology is suffering due to North Korean missile tests. According to journalists, North Korea secretly conducted 6 nuclear weapons tests at the Pungeri test site. Moreover, Pyongyang is preparing to conduct a seventh test.
