SEOUL , APR 27 -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged the army to develop to ensure it
wins any confrontation with the United States, the reclusive country's
news agency said on Sunday, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama
warned the North of its military might.
Kim led a meeting of the Central Military Commission and "set forth
important tasks for further developing the Korean People's Army and ways
to do so", KCNA news agency said.
"He stressed the need to enhance the function and role of the political
organs of the army if it is to preserve the proud history and tradition
of being the army of the party, win one victory after another in the
confrontation with the U.S. and creditably perform the mission as a
shock force and standard-bearer in building a thriving nation."
Obama said on Saturday on a visit to Seoul
, where the U.S. army has a large presence, that the United States did
not use its military might to "impose things" on others, but that it
would use that might if necessary to defend South Korea from any attack
by the reclusive North.
North and South Korea are still technically at war after their 1950-53 civil conflict ended in a mere truce.
The impoverished North, which routinely threatens the United States and
the South with destruction, warned last month it would not rule out a
"new form" of atomic test after the U.N. Security Council condemned
Pyongyang's launch of a mid-range ballistic missile into the sea east of
the Korean peninsula.
North Korea is already subject to U.N. sanctions over its previous three atomic tests.
Recent satellite data shows continued work at the nuclear test site in
North Korea, although experts analyzing the data say that preparations
do not appear to have progressed far enough for an imminent test.
"We don't use our military might to impose these things on others, but
we will not hesitate to use our military might to defend our allies and
our way of life," Obama told U.S. forces at the Yongsan garrison.
"So like all nations on Earth, North Korea and its people have a
choice. They can choose to continue down a lonely road of isolation, or
they can choose to join the rest of the world and seek a future of
greater opportunity, and greater security, and greater respect - a
future that already exists for the citizens on the southern end of the
Korean peninsula."
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