On Saturday, North Korea declares that almost 800,000 of its nationals join the nation’s military to fight against the United States, North Korea’s state newspaper reported. About 800,000 students and employees (only on Friday) across the country voiced a desire to enlist or reenlist in the army to counter the United States, reported by the Rodong Sinmun newspaper.
The soaring enthusiasm of young people to join the army is a demonstration of the unshakeable will of the younger generation to mercilessly wipe out the war maniacs making last-ditch efforts to eliminate our precious socialist country, and achieve the great cause of national reunification without fail and a clear manifestation of their ardent patriotism.”
the North’s Rodong Sinmun said.
Pyongyang’s claim came after North Korea launched its Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday in response to continued U.S-South Korean military drills.
On Thursday, North Korea blasted the ICBM into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan hours before South Korea’s president flew to Tokyo for a summit that discussed ways to oppose North Korea. The North’s ballistic missiles are restricted under United Nations Security Council resolutions and the blastoff attracted denunciation from governments in Seoul, Washington, and Tokyo.
South Korean and American forces started 11 days of mutual drills, dubbed “Freedom Shield 23”, on Monday, held on a scale not witnessed since 2017 to oppose the North’s increasing threats. North Korea’s leader charged the United States and South Korea with increasing anxiety with the military drills.
