Any nuclear attack from North Korea towards the alliance of South Korea and the US will result in the end of Kim Jong-uns regime, the countrys defence ministry said on Friday as per Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency.“In the event of any North Korean nuclear attack against the South Korea-U.S. alliance, it will face an immediate, overwhelming and decisive response from the alliance, and [we] strongly warn again that through this, [the attack] will result in the end of the North Korean regime,” the South Korean defence ministry said in a statement.North Korea threatens South Korea with nuclear strike for deploying US submarineThe comments come after the North Korean defence ministry had said that the deployment of the USS Kentucky, an 18,750-ton Ohio-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), in South Korea and the inaugural meeting of the South Korea-US Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) this week could constitute grounds for use of a nuclear first-strike.“The US military side should realize that its nuclear assets have entered extremely dangerous waters,” Pyongyangs Defence Minister Kang Sun-nam said on Thursday. “I remind the US military of the fact that the ever-increasing visibility of the deployment of the strategic nuclear submarine and other strategic assets may fall under the conditions of the use of nuclear weapons specified in DPRK law on nuclear force policy.”Subhead: South Korea defends US alliance, says rightful measures against NKs threatsAs the USS Kentucky entered the southeastern port city of Busan on Tuesday, the South Korean defence ministry said that the South Korea-US alliance and the submarines deployment are a rightful defensive measure against North Koreas sustained nuclear and missile threats.Realtime global combat capability.USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) has arrived in Busan, ROK.This is the first 🇰🇷 visit by a U.S. ballistic missile submarine in decades, an event outlined in this years Washington Declaration.#ExtendedDeterrence(1/3) pic.twitter.com/92t4Ql2Cyk— United States Strategic Command (@US_STRATCOM) July 18, 2023“North Korea will never gain any concessions from the South Korea-U.S. alliance through its nuclear development and threats, and [we] urge it to recognize its isolation and destitution will only deepen, and to come out swiftly to the path of denuclearization,” the Ministry said.
