SEOUL: North Korean state media reported on Wednesday (Oct 16) that round 1.4 million younger individuals, together with college students and youth league officers, have joined or returned to the navy this week.
The youth are decided to battle a “sacred conflict to destroy the enemy with the weapons of the revolution,” the KCNA report stated.
North Korea’s declare to have over one million younger individuals enlisted within the nation’s Korean People’s Army in simply two days comes at a time when tensions on the Korean Peninsula are excessive.
Last yr, North Korean media made an analogous declare about its residents who had volunteered to hitch the navy to battle towards the United States.
North Korea on Tuesday blew up sections of inter-Korean roads and railway traces on its facet of the closely fortified border between the 2 Koreas, prompting the South Korean navy to fireplace warning pictures.
Pyongyang has additionally accused Seoul of sending drones over the North Korean capital and the 2 Koreas have clashed over rubbish-filled balloons launched by North Korea since May. Pyongyang stated the launches have been a response to balloons despatched by anti-regime activists within the south.
“If a conflict broke out, the Republic of Korea can be wiped off the map. Because it needs conflict, we’re keen to finish its existence,” the KCNA report stated.
