North Korea has said it is ready to pre-emptively attack and ‘liberate’ South Korea in the wake of its arch-enemy’s annual joint military drills with the US.
In a statement reported by state media, the General Staff of the North Korean People’s Army (KPA) said its frontline units were prepared to strike first if they saw signs that any US and South Korean troops involved in the drills were attempting invasion. KPA said it would counter the drills by US and South Korea with plans to liberate the whole of South Korea including Seoul and also that it was capable of executing ultra-precision blitzkrieg strikes.
In response, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff called for North Korea to stop what it called threats and rash behavior and warned that any provocation would result in the destruction of its leadership.
