North Korean Leader: Now Is The Time To Be Prepared For War. China To Reach "Higher Level" Relations With Pyongyang

China intends to work closely with North Korea in order reach a “higher level” of relations between the two countries, as they celebrate 75 years of diplomatic ties.

PYONGYANG - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said while visiting the Kim Jong Il Military and Political Academy, “now is the time to be more thoroughly prepared for a war than ever before,” adding “not just for a possible war”, and saying that such a war should be “won without fail”.

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A statement released by North Korean state media said, “At the [Academy’s] operation study room, he [Kim Jong Un] learned about the study of the enemy's major operation and action plans and their forces, and about the operation plans of services and corps worked out by teachers and cadets before indicating the important principled issues to be adhered to and applied in modern operation”.

The country’s state media reported that North Korea is “pushing forward” with the goal of building the “World’s strongest army”, and cited Kim Jong Un as saying that it is an “immutable law of war victory to neutralize the numerical and military and technical superiority of the enemy by means of superiority in ideology and war methods”.

He then said that the “complicated international situation” ias being aggrevated due to the “ever-escalating violence and armed conflicts and the insecure and unstable military and political situation around the DPRK [North Korea]”.

“Now is the time to be more thoroughly prepared for a war than ever before and that the DPRK should be more firmly and perfectly prepared for a war, which should be won without fail, not just for a possible war,” the North Korean leader stated.

He went on to say “affirming that the enemy” opts for military confrontation with North Korea, it will “deal a deadly blow to the enemy without hesitation by mobilizing all means in its possession”.

State media added that the staff and cadets at the academy, “hardened their will to carry out his instructions unto death and live up to the expectations of the Party Central Committee with remarkable achievements in strengthening the military muscle”.

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