Tensions between the rogue regime and Washington have almost reached boiling point after a series of successful missile tests and the detonation of what was claimed to be a hydrogen bomb on September 3.
US President Donald Trump has continued to spark fears of World War 3, after he failed to confirm that military action was off the table.
And now the hermit kingdom has issued a warning to the rest of the world, telling other countries they would only be safe from retaliation if they decided not to join the USA and Donald Trump in military action.
The shocking caution was discovered in a copy of North Korean Deputy UN Ambassador Kim In Ryong’s prepared remarks for a discussion on nuclear weapons by a UN General Assembly committee.
Although Kim did not read that section out loud, the notes made for terrifying reading – threatening the globe to imply with their illegal regime.
The notes read: “As long as one does not take part in the US military actions against the DPRK (North Korea), we have no intention to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against any other country.
“The entire US mainland is within our firing range and if the US dares to invade our sacred territory even an inch it will not escape our severe punishment in any part of the globe.”
The terrifying warning comes after the UN Security Council unanimously ratcheted up sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs since 2006.
However Kim In Ryong warned the regime will never scale back its nuclear arsenal while it perceives the US to be a continued threat.
He said: “Unless the hostile policy and the nuclear threat of the US is thoroughly eradicated, we will never put our nuclear weapons and ballistic rockets on the negotiation table under any circumstance.”
Donald Trump is due to travel to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, the Philippines and Hawaii in the coming weeks amid rising tensions over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
Mr Trump will “call on the international community to join together in maximising pressure on North Korea,” the White House said in a statement, and will meet family members of Japanese citizens who have been abducted by North Korea.
During his visit, Trump will also reiterate his commitment to US alliances and partnerships amid the rising threats of World War 3.
The UN warning today comes as North Korean officials rejected a proposal to hold direct talks with their South Korean counterparts in St Petersburg, the RIA news agency reported on Monday.
Moscow had called on the two countries, who are both represented at a parliamentary forum in Russia, to use the opportunity to hold direct talks to try to narrow their differences over Pyongyang’s missile programme.
But, RIA, citing the head of the North Korean delegation, said Pyongyang had rejected the idea.