More than 800 000 young North Koreans have volunteered to join the army to fight 'US imperialists', state media said Saturday, days after Pyongyang test-fired its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile.
More than 800 000 North Koreans have volunteered to join the army to fight 'US imperialists.ontinental ballistic missile.
After a record-breaking year of weapons tests and growing nuclear threats from Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington have ramped up security cooperation, and this week kicked off their largest joint military drills in five years. The young volunteers are determined to"mercilessly wipe out the war maniacs" so they joined the army to"defend the country", KCNA said.
The latest report comes after Pyongyang test-fired its largest and most powerful missile, a Hwasong-17, on Thursday - its second ICBM test this year.
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