Nearly 5 million people have volunteered to…
Nearly 5 million people have volunteered to join or re-enlist in the North Korean military following President Donald Trump’s warning to Kim Jong Un to denuclearize or face total destruction of the country, according to the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency.
At the United Nations last week, Trump said the regime was on a “suicide mission” and the U. S. was ready to “totally destroy” the rogue state if forced to defend itself or an ally.
Kim’s continued weapons tests, including his nuclear test on Sept. 3, coupled with rhetorical exchanges between Pyongyang and Washington, have exacerbated tensions on the Korean peninsula.
About 4.7 million citizens have “volunteered” to join the People’s Korean Army, the Korean Central News Agency said Thursday.
The figure consisted of “students and workers,” including more than a million women, according to Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea.
Volunteers sent messages saying they wanted to wipe out the U. S. with millions of nuclear bombs, the Korean Central News Agency reported. And the socialist leader vowed to “tame” Trump “with fire.”
North Korean citizens sought to join the army to defend “the leader and socialism,” KCNA reported.
