North Korean leaders have threatened the world with an “irreversible catastrophe,” blaming “provocateurs” for escalating tensions in the region.

Published in the Pyongyang Times – clearly one of the Daily Star's favourite newspapers – an official statement from the the chief of the Public Information Office of the Ministry of National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was given a full-page billing.

Titled "Provocateurs can never evade the heavy responsibility for escalating tension", it goes into great detail about how the United States army was training to copy with what it called chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear attacks and even troops of "satellite countries under the 'UN Command'".

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This was done in conjunction with South Korea – Kim Jong-un's sworn enemy – last month, which had already seen him put the country on “war footing”. However, the statement issued a serious warning to all those he deems as enemies.

It states: “The ROK military gangsters early in August introduced tanks and other offensive military hardware in the area five kilometres away from the southern border of the DPRK and committed a grave provocation by staging a brigade-level field mobile drill.

“The Korean People's Army will never tolerate the US and ROK's military moves threatening the security environment on the Korean peninsula but firmly guarantee the security of the state and regional peace by dint of strength and action.

"The provocative anti-DPRK military drills being staged by the US and the ROK under the eyes of the DPRK without a time gap from the outset of this year clearly show what the source of escalating tension is and where the hostile forces can never evade the heavy responsibility for escalating tension and will have to pay a dear price.

“It is a well-known fact that the accumulation of such threatening actions on the Korean peninsula, the hottest spot in the state of armistice in the world, will only spark off tensions and drive the security environment in the region into an irreversibly catastrophic situation. “

The statement goes on to warn of increasing dangers presented by more US and ROK drills taking place, and that should more happen then North Korea will have to “defend the security and territorial integrity of the state by dint of powerful self-defensive strength”

And they add that it will lead to “the strong deterrence, which the hostile forces seeking aggression are afraid of and hesitate” as well as dubbing the US the “destroyers of peace”.

The entire statement is around 3,300 words long – and has not been responded to by the US nor South Korea.

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