North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons as response to threats by US and allies. Kim said that Pyongyang “will resolutely react to nukes with nuclear weapons and to total confrontation with all-out confrontation.” The claim comes a day after launching intercontinental ballistic missile in Japan’s exclusive economic zone. On the same day images of Kim with his daughter in public have surfaced.
“Kim Jong-un solemnly declared that if the enemies continue to pose threats…our party and government will resolutely react to nukes with nuclear weapons and to total confrontation with all-out confrontation,” s reported by state media.
Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, reported from Bangkok, where he is attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, that the missile landed within Japan’s exclusive economic zone west of the northern island of Hokkaido, causing no damage to aircraft or boats.
Kishida called North Korea’s latest provocation “completely unacceptable”, and Japan’s foreign ministry filed a formal protest through Beijing’s diplomatic channels. The South Korean Armed Forces hypothesized that the latest missile launched from Pyongyang is an ICBM, based on the first analysis of the ballistic trajectory.