Kim Jong-un warns of ‘nuclear clouds over suicidal Japan’ as he brands the country’s Prime Minister a ‘headless chicken’
North Korea's state media said 'the Japanese archipelago will be engulfed in flames in a moment'
NORTH Korea has threatened "suicidal" Japan with “nuclear clouds” as it blasted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s call for the world to pile more pressure onto the rogue state.
Kim Jong-un's state media ripped into Abe accusing him of “running around the UN stage like a headless chicken” and pushing the region into a nuclear war.
“Japan’s such rackets inciting the tension of the Korean Peninsula is a suicidal deed that will bring nuclear clouds to the Japanese archipelago,” said KCNA.
“No one knows when the touch-and-go situation will lead to a nuclear war, but if so, the Japanese archipelago will be engulfed in flames in a moment.”
In August, Kim's military fired a Hwasong -12 missile over Japan in a move PM Abe called an "unprecedented" threat to his country.
The rocket flew 1,700 miles, soaring over the northern Hokkaido island of Japan and crashing into the Pacific 700 miles beyond the coast.
Millions of Japanese were woken by text messages urging them to seek cover as the nightmare unfolded.
Loudspeakers broadcast the news in the streets and railway stations while TV and radio issued warnings.
It was feared to be the secretive state’s first test-fire of a missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon.
North Korea has conducted a flurry of missile tests recently amid growing international unease.
US President Donald Trump has threatened the state with “fire and fury” and pledged to “totally destroy” the country if he is forced to defend itself or its allies, including Japan.
He has said that all options - including military action - remain on the table for reining in Kim's nuclear ambitions.
However, the threats do not seem to worry the North Korean despot who called the missile aimed at Japan "just a curtain-raiser".
After the Japan "attack", KCNA reported he said: "The current ballistic rocket launching drill like a real war is the first step of the military operation of the Korean People's Army in the Pacific and a meaningful prelude to containing Guam."
The fiery outburst came as the UN Security Council - which includes Russia and Kim's key ally China - unanimously condemned the "outrageous" launch.
A forceful UN statement agreed in the earlier hours of this morning saw Beijing fall in line with the US and Europe in condemning Kim's latest act of sabre rattling.
It accused the regime of "undermining regional peace and stability".
South Korea retaliated by threatening to "exterminate" Kim as it bombed the North's border in a show of "overwhelming force".
F-15K fighter jets from the South dropped eight MK-84 bombs on targets at a military field.
South Korea's President Moon Jae ordered the show of "overwhelming" force against Pyongyang as he admitted UN sanctions on North Korea are failing to keep the despot in line.
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