We take a look at the significance of the declaration, and whether it could make North Korea change its direction.
If North Korea uses its nuclear weapons against the United States or its ally South Korea, it would be “the end” of Kim Jong Un’s regime, Seoul and Washington announced this week.
The stern threat comes as South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol is on a six-day state visit to the US, where he and his counterpart Joe Biden discussed ramping up the US security shield for South Korea in the face of the nuclear-armed North’s increased missile tests.
But how significant is the tough-sounding statement? Here is what we know.
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