"Manifestation of hot patriotism." Pyongyang a day gathered an 800,000th army for war with America

Readiness reports in North Korea are called a response to joint military exercises of the United States and South Korea. A day earlier, Pyongyang launched a intercontinental ballistic missile "Bakon-17" into the sea. North Korea claims that nearly 800,000 of its citizens have announced the army to fight against the United States. This was reported by Reuters, referring to the state newspaper of the North Korea Rodong Sinmun.

According to media reports, on March 17, about 800,000 students and workers across the country have expressed a desire to join military service - for the first time or re -resistant to the United States.

"Increased enthusiasm of young people, their desire to go into the army is a demonstration of the unwavering will of the younger generation to ruthless extermination of war manias who make the latest attempts to destroy our precious socialist country and to do a great deal of national reunification. - indicated on the pages of the North Korean edition.

According to the newspaper, Pyongyan's statement on the mobilization of 800,000 army was made after the South Korean and US military began on March 13, a large-scale 11-day joint exercises "Freedom Shield 23" to counteract threats from the north. North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile of Bakono-17 in response to military exercises of US and South Korea.

The rocket was launched into the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan on Thursday, a few hours before South Korea flew to Tokyo to the summit, which discussed ways to counteract the North, which has nuclear weapons. The launch by North Korea has been condemned by governments in Washington, Seouli and Tokyo, as the DPRK's ballistic missiles are prohibited by the UN Security Council resolutions.

For his part, DPRK leader Kim Jong -in accused the US and South Korea of ​​increasing tensions in connection with military exercises. We will remind, on February 18, North Korea threatened to take "unprecedented" of decisive action against South Korea and the United States, which only announced plans to conduct joint military exercises. In January 2023, Focus wrote that, according to Western experts, the stock of nuclear warheads of North Korea is estimated at 15 to 60 pieces.