North Korean state media reported on Wednesday (October 16) that roughly 1.4 million young people, including students and youth league executives, have registered to join or re-enlist in the military.
According to North Korea’s state news agency, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), these young people are devoted to fighting a “sacred war” to crush the enemy with “the arms of the revolution.”
The reported spike in enlistments coincides with rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. North Korea’s assertion of over one million young recruits to the Korean People’s Army in just two days is consistent with a previous declaration made last year.
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According to Reuters, back then, the North Korean regime boasted of its citizens volunteering to fight against the United States.
The KCNA report also included a stark warning: “If a war breaks out, the ROK will be wiped off the map. As it wants a war, we are willing to put an end to its existence.”
Here, ROK refers to South Korea’s official name – the Republic of Korea.
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This comes as tensions between the two Koreas continue to rise. On Tuesday (Oct 15), North Korea took aggressive action by blowing up sections of inter-Korean roads and railways on its side of the fortified border. To this, as per reports, South Korea responded with warning shots.
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The two nations have also been clashing over a series of provocations, including accusations from Pyongyang that Seoul has sent drones over its capital. The two neighboring nations have also clashed over balloons filled with trash floating over from North Korea into South Korea since May. North Korea claims that the trash-filled balloons are in retaliation for anti-regime balloons launched from the South.
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Source: Wion
