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Kim Jong Un threatens nuke strikes on South Korea if sovereignty ‘infringed’

North Korean leader also questions Yoon Suk-yeol’s sanity over speech at military parade that showed off new ROK missile

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons against South Korea “without hesitation” if the U.S.-ROK alliance “infringes” on Pyongyang’s sovereignty, according to state media on Friday, disparaging the South’s president as “abnormal” for attempting to intimidate a nuclear neighbor.

The party daily Rodong Sinmun reported that Kim delivered the threat during a visit to a special forces unit on Wednesday, a day after South Korea held a military parade featuring its new “monster” ballistic missile and a flyover by U.S. strategic bomber.

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