North Korea’s Kim calls Yoon ‘puppet’, threatens to nuke Seoul if attacked

“‘If’ the enemy … attempt to use armed forces encroaching upon the sovereignty of the DPRK … the DPRK would use without hesitation all the offensive forces it has possessed, including nuclear weapons,” the KCNA news agency quoted him as saying, using the acronym for the North’s official name.

Kim was speaking on Wednesday while inspecting a special forces military training base in the west of Pyongyang, KCNA reported.

“That day will be the end of the North Korean regime,” he added, addressing thousands of service members gathered at Seoul Air Base for the event.

In response to those remarks, Kim branded the South Korean leader a “puppet” and “an abnormal man”, KCNA reported.