Kim Jong Un Warns Of 'Thermonuclear War' Against 'Hostile' US-South Korea Forces: 'Waiting For A Moment Of Percussion'

Kim Jong Un has issued a stern warning of a possible ‘thermonuclear war’ on the Korean Peninsula, criticizing the recent joint military exercise held by South Korea and the United States.

North Korea lambasted the annual joint military drill, stating that it could trigger an unparalleled “thermonuclear war,” reported Yonhap News Agency.

The North further accused Seoul, Washington, and Tokyo of adopting a series of documents to “detail, plan and formulate” nuclear war provocations during their trilateral summit at Camp David last week, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

“An unprecedented large-scale thermonuclear war is approaching the Korean Peninsula every moment as reality,” KCNA said.

“The will to punish the hostile forces threatening the sovereignty of our state and the right to existence of our people for decades is waiting for a moment of percussion,” it said.

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The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, which began its 11-day run on Monday, was described as “aggressive” by the KCNA. The North has historically criticized such military drills as prep for an invasion.

In its first reaction to the Camp David summit, North Korea claimed that the military drills were an attempt to implement the summit agreements “even before the ink of agreed documents is dry.”

Leaders of South Korea, the U.S., and Japan had agreed to closely cooperate for stronger missile defense against North Korea during the summit, further inflaming tensions.

A vector illustration of a portrait of Presidential Kim Jong-un.

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