S. Korea responds to N. Korea's warning of nuclear retaliation

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The USS Kentucky ballistic missile submarine is seen in Busan, South Korea, on Wednesday. Photo: Bloomberg
Seoul told North Korea on Friday that using its nukes would mean the “end” of Kim Jong-un’s regime, after Pyongyang threatened nuclear retaliation over growing US military deployments on the peninsula.
Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points ever, with the North ramping up weapons testing as Seoul and Washington boost military cooperation.
Pyongyang’s defence minister warned on Thursday that this week’s port visit of a US nuclear-capable submarine to Busan – the first since 1981 – could meet the legal threshold for the North to use its nuclear weapons.
North Korea last year adopted a sweeping nuclear law, setting out an array of scenarios – some of which are vague – in which it could use its nukes, including pre-emptive nuclear strikes if threatened.

Seoul warns North Korean nuclear attack would ‘end’ Kim’s regime

Pyongyang’s defence minister said the arrival of a US submarine at a South Korean port may fall under conditions for the use of atomic weapons under a new law.

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I HOPE that Kim Jong Un is just a bigger, badder version of his father - Kim Jong ll / aka The Mouse That Roared.