North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, the state media reported.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his military should “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation.

North Korea has increased its warlike rhetoric in recent months in response to an expansion of U.S.-South Korean military drills. Experts expect Kim will continue to escalate his rhetoric and weapons tests because he likely believes he can use heightened tensions to wrest U.S. concessions if former President Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election in November.

In a five-day major ruling party meeting last week, Kim said he will launch three more military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and develop attack drones this year in what observers say is an attempt to increase his leverage in future diplomacy with the U.S.

  • Num10ck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    85·
    11 months ago

    they wish they had your finances. the north korean won currency is worth 0.00111 USD.

        • Num10ck@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          true. another way: north korea’s gdp is $48B, which is 107th amongst nations. for comparison the USA is #1 amongst nations in gdp. so north korea is comparable to the state of Alaska in economic power.

          • Anarch157a@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            11 months ago

            To give you an idea how poor this makes them, the largest municipality in my country, São Paulo, has a GDP of $170B. Yes, that’s right, one city in Brazil has more than 3X North Korea’s GDP.

            Hell, Microsoft paid more than that for ActiBlizzard… North Korea is pathetic, the only reason it still exists is China, that wants them there as a buffer between them and US allies South Korea and Japan.