KIM Jong-un has claimed the US is \u201cbluffing\u201d over it\u2019s threats to attack North Korea.<\/b>
\nNorth Korea said despite Donald Trump\u2019s calls for tougher action against Kim, the US would not be prepared to start a full-scale war.
Speaking through the state-censored newspaper Rodong Sinmun, Kim\u2019s associates said North Korea was \u201cunfazed\u201d over Trump\u2019s threats.
\u201cThe U. S. is crying out for mounting a military attack on the DPRK, terming its steps for bolstering the capability for self-defence a \u2018threat to the world\u2019 in a bid to escalate international sanctions and pressure on it, \u201d the article read.
\u201cThis is just a ridiculous bluffing of those taken aback by the invincible might of the DPRK.
\u201cThe DPRK remains unfazed by the desperate moves of the US to stifle it.\u201d
Kim\u2019s threats come as military personnel from the US and Australia will be taking part in beach landings that will be the largest seen since World War 2 .
The drills in north Queensland, Australia, are part of Operation Talisman Sabre (TS17) , which is the largest joint exercise by the Australian Defence Force and the American military.
But the hermit kingdom dismissed the drills as nothing but a show of force.
\u201cIt is a manifestation of stupidity that the US works hard to check the victorious advance of the service personnel and people of the DPRK, \u201d the article continued.
\u201cThe US is gravely mistaken if it arrogantly thinks that even a single shell should never be dropped on its mainland while carpet-bombing other countries.\u201d
Last month, Kim successfully tested his first ICBM \u2013 sparking fears he may launch a deadly nuke at the US mainland within days.<\/p>\n