SEOUL: North Korea says nearly 800,000 citizens are ready for voluntary military service to fight against the US. North Korea’s state newspaper reported this on Saturday.
The Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported that on Friday alone, 800,000 students and workers across the country signed contracts to join the army to confront the United States. “The surging enthusiasm of young people to join the army is a manifestation of the young generation’s unwavering will to eradicate the socialist country and ruthlessly wipe out warmongers to achieve the great goal of national reunification. It is a clear expression of their intense patriotism,” the Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported. says North Korea’s claim comes after North Korea launched a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday in response to US-South Korea military exercises.
North Korea fired a missile into the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan on Thursday, hours before South Korea’s president flew to Tokyo to discuss ways to confront the North. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the United States and South Korea of increasing tensions through military exercises.