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Daniel Keane

North Korea threatens to use nuclear weapons to ‘eliminate’ Seoul if it launches pre-emptive strike

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks beside a missile

(Picture: AP)

North Korea has threatened to “eliminate” the South Korean army if they launch a pre-emptive strike, the sister of leader Kim-Jong Un has warned.

Kim Yo Jong, a senior official in Pyongyang’s government, said the South had made a “very big mistake” by claiming its missiles had the ability to “accurately and quickly hit any target in North Korea”.

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