Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Tuesday warned South Korea that her country’s nuclear forces would annihilate the South’s conventional forces if provoked.
In a statement carried by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency and quoted by The Associated Press, Kim called South Korea Defense Minister Suh Wook´s recent comments about preemptive strikes a "fantastic daydream" and the "hysteria of a lunatic."
She stressed that North Korea doesn’t want another war on the Korean Peninsula but warned it would retaliate with its nuclear forces if the South opts for preemptive strikes or other attacks.