North Korea claims almost 800,000 signed up to fight against US and South Korea

North Korea has claimed that some 800,000 of its citizens have volunteered to join the military or re-enlist in a bid to “wipe out the war maniacs” of the US and South Korea, separate country state reports said on Saturday. Said.

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“The growing enthusiasm of young people to join the army is a demonstration of the young generation’s unflinching desire to ruthlessly eliminate the war maniacs who are making a last ditch effort to destroy our precious socialist country and achieve the noble cause of national reunification without North Korean daily Rodong Sinmun reported, “failed and a clear expression of their ardent patriotism.”

Seoul-based NK News reported that it claimed that the “young vanguard of the monk kingdom rose at once to join the battle to defend the motherland and destroy the enemy.”

Soldiers sign against “US imperialists and puppet traitors” [who] trying to destroy our freedom and right to live and develop”, the report said.

Visuals released by North Korean state media showed dozens of young people queuing at state-led rallies at theaters and construction sites on Friday.

The report claims that military recruitment numbers are “steadily increasing” around North Korea.

North Korea requires men to compulsorily serve in the country’s military for at least 10 years and women to serve for at least three years under conscription exercises.

Officials have not provided the ages of thousands of people they claim have signed up to be part of North Korea’s armed forces.

In a scathing attack on Pyongyang’s rivals, the report claimed that “provocations” by Washington and Seoul are “crossing a line that can no longer be tolerated”.

NK News reported that the nation led by Kim Jong-un wants to demonstrate that it can “disrupt” the military capabilities of the enemy.

This comes just a day after North Korea test-fired the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in response to the ongoing US-South Korea military drills.

The ICBM was fired into the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan on Thursday ahead of the South Korean president’s flight to Tokyo to discuss ways to counter the nuclear-armed North.

US and South Korean forces on Monday kicked off their 11-day joint exercise dubbed “Freedom Shield 23” on a scale not seen since 2017 to counter the growing threats from the North.