March 28, 2024
Analysis

North Korea Publicly Calls for ‘Great War’ for Reunification

WASHINGTON DC – North Korea's state media outlet KCNA has issued a new series of messages on its news homepage warning of a "great war for national reunification."  The messages come after the North Korean ambassdor to the UN warned Monday that a "spark" could trigger a nuclear war and a South Korean fears of an impending provocation by Pyongyang.

Highlighted in green and in large font, the messages come just weeks after the mysterious disappearance of a similar series of threats on the KCNA site to "cut off the windpipes" of South Korea's Lee Myung-bak government.  The new warnings, displayed in a prominent location on the KCNA's English and Korean homepages, warn:

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