North Korea will answer attack with nuclear war, says state media

North Korea is ready to answer a pre-emptive US military attack with an “annihilating strike and a nuclear war,” state-run media said today.

North Korea would respond to a pre-emptive US military attack with an “annihilating strike and a nuclear war,” state-run media said today.

The Korean Central News Agency, citing an unidentified Rodong Sinmun newspaper “analyst,” accused the United States of increasing military pressure on the isolated communist state.