North Korea has expressed terroristic threats against South Korea recently. South Koreans have held protests and demonstrations against the fascist, isolationist country and its violation of the human rights of its people and its attempt to threaten South Koreans. In response to the threats, South Korea has shut down the Kaesong Industrial complex, its last cooperative tie with the North, who responded by cutting off all communication with the South. Southern politicians have been pushing for an anti-terrorism bill for some time and are now pushing for it even more in light of these recent conflicts and threats.
The United States and South Korea have been conducting joint military exercises, to which North Korea has responded with threats of nuclear strikes.
"As the joint military exercises to be staged by the enemies are regarded as the most undisguised nuclear war drills aimed to infringe upon the sovereignty of the DPRK, its military counteraction will be more preemptive and offensive nuclear strike to cope with them," the statement read. -- CNN
According to CNN, "about 17,000 U.S. forces will participate in the joint military exercises with South Korea" and they "will involve ground, air, naval and special operations forces from both militaries."
The United States attempted to quell this aggression by encouraging North Korea to not make hasty decisions and further preexisting tensions. Some American political pundits and speculators have brushed off the threats, as this is not the first instance of the isolationist and regressive nation making nuclear threats. However, some argue that this is a different situation due to North Korea's recent nuclear tests and the sanctions that were placed on them in response by the UN Security Council. North Korea called these sanctions "gangster-like."
However, even North Korea's last major ally, Russia, has warned them that even though the joint military exercises put "unprecedented military and political pressure" on North Korea, it is "impermissible" to make public threats of nuclear strikes. This reminded North Korea that nuclear invasions of South Korea or the United States are grounds for a Russian invasion of North Korea.
It is important to prevent any nuclear conflict, especially between major countries. However, North Korea's nuclear weapons are suspected to be underdeveloped in comparison to other countries that have nuclear weapons programs, to the point that their weapons may not even be able to reach the United States from North Korea. Nevertheless, even an attack on their southern neighbor could lead to a domino effect of nuclear war, which is something that the world must work together to avoid with everything that they can.
