Despot Kim Jong-un has taken a break from warning the US, South Korean and Japan of destruction and made a rare direct threat to the United Kingdom.
He warned Westminster against “taking advantage” of the chaos on the Korean peninsula and said they face destruction if they “play with fire”.
The hermit state hit out at joint military drills between South Korea and America, which is sees as preparation for an invasion, and urged Britain and the rest of the world to stay neutral.
Kim also dismissed the UK as merely one of America’s “satellites” – in a scathing attak on Prime Minister Theresa May, who has not joined US president Donald Trump in speaking out on the hermit kingdom’s leader.
A statement released through a Pyongyang-based propaganda news agency said: “The reality vividly shows that the US ambition for stifling the DPRK remains unchanged no matter how much water may flow under the bridge and the puppet group’s ambition for invading the North remains unchanged.
“We solemnly warn not only the US and puppet group, but also satellites, including the UK and Australia, which are taking advantage of the present war manoeuvres against the north, that they would face a miserable end if they join in play with fire by tiger moths of war.”
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Kim regularly loses his temper over the Ulchi Freedom Guardian joint drills.
A statement issued earlier today in a separate state-run newspaper accused Washington and Seoul of “pouring gasoline on fire and worsening the state of the peninsula”.
The piece said the drills, which involves tens of thousands of South Korean and American troops carry out detailed military exercises prepping for a possible North Korea war.
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It added the drills are “the most explicit expression of hostility against us”.
The piece concluded with a chilling warning of World War 3, claiming it was within its right to retaliate.
Kim said: “No one can guarantee that the exercise won’t evolve into actual fighting.”
Earlier this month it was revealed the UK could be dragged into an all-out conflict with Kim’s kingdom.
Defence expert Trevor Taylor told Express.co.uk: “If there was a protracted war in that area as a result of North Korean aggression then the Brits would feel obliged to support.
“If it was perceived what had taken place was American pre-empted action then it would be less likely the UK would feel it wanted to be involved.
“If it was perceived North Korea was acting in an aggressive way then it might be different.”