North Korea announces that 800,000 people have signed up for the Army in a single day to fight the US

March 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The North Korean authorities have reported this Saturday that in just one day more than 800,000 people have applied to enlist in the Army to fight against the United States, all in an effort to counteract the “provocation of nuclear war by the American imperialists.”

“The hot-blooded young vanguards, strong and weak with the indomitable will of our party against the enemy and the anti-US settlement, immediately rose up in war to defend the country and destroy the enemy,” the North Korean authorities said in a statement. statement collected by the KCNA agency.

According to North Korean data, as of March 17 alone, more than 800,000 Youth League officials and young students from across the country have “ardently” applied for enlistment and military service in the North Korean People’s Army.

This massive enlistment would respond to the “provocation” by “the US imperialists” of a nuclear war. It would also respond to “violations” of North Korea’s sovereignty and security interests, which are reaching a limit “that can no longer be tolerated.”

“Our party is determined to exercise the practical will to strictly govern with powerful physical force the enemies who cling to reckless military threats and escalate tension and confrontation on the Korean peninsula,” a North Korean spokesman told the agency. .