"Dangerous Attempt Means Total Destruction of Yoon Administration and Military"... Kim Jong-un Makes Public Appearance After 19 Days

Kim Jong-un's Speech at the 69th Anniversary of 'Victory Day'
Calls Yoon Government's Hardline North Korea Remarks "Nonsense and Disgrace"
"Fully Prepared for Any Military Conflict with the US... Rapid Mobilization of Nuclear War Deterrence"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, on the 28th labeled the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's preemptive strike theory and other military policies toward North Korea as "bluff," asserting, "Such dangerous attempts will be immediately punished by powerful force, and the Yoon Suk-yeol regime and its military will be annihilated." This is the first time Chairman Kim has publicly expressed his position toward the Yoon Suk-yeol government.

In a speech at the so-called Victory Day event commemorating the 69th anniversary of the July 27 armistice held the previous day, General Secretary Kim stated, "The conservative regime in South Korea, which came to power this year, is engaging in the most atrocious anti-national confrontation policies and servile acts surpassing any previous conservative regime, dragging the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war," according to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the same day.

He also said, "If the South Korean regime and military thugs think they can militarily confront us and preemptively neutralize or destroy part of our military power by any specific military means or methods, they are gravely mistaken!" He insisted, "Such dangerous attempts will be immediately punished by powerful force, and the Yoon Suk-yeol regime and its military will be annihilated."

General Secretary Kim also criticized President Yoon and our government's hardline remarks toward North Korea as reckless and disgraceful. He said, "I clearly remember the reckless remarks and disgraceful acts Yoon Suk-yeol uttered before and after coming to power on various occasions," adding, "I have also heard the unrestrained slanders recently uttered by the South Korean military thugs and am closely monitoring all notable military actions conducted together with the United States." He further stated, "We can no longer sit idly by and watch the disgraceful and reckless acts of Yoon Suk-yeol and his military thugs," hinting at a "corresponding price."

With the United States and our government assessing that North Korea has completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test, General Secretary Kim emphasized, "Our armed forces are thoroughly prepared to respond to any crisis, and our country's nuclear war deterrent is also in a state of full readiness to faithfully, precisely, and swiftly mobilize its absolute power for its mission."

Addressing the United States, he reaffirmed, "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is fully prepared to deal with any military conflict with the United States," warning, "If the United States continues to damage our country's image and severely infringe upon our safety and fundamental interests, it will inevitably have to bear greater instability and crisis."

This public activity by General Secretary Kim comes 19 days after taking a commemorative photo with participants of the special training session for cadres in the Party Life Guidance sector of the Party Organization Department at all levels of the Workers' Party on the 8th.

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