North Korea's warning to South Korea

North Korea has enshrined the country's nuclear status in its constitution and has conducted several ballistic missile tests in recent months. Thus, relations between Pyongyang and Seoul have reached their lowest point in decades. The North Korean leader called South Korea Pyongyang's "main enemy" during a visit to the country's largest weapons factories and added that "strengthening military capabilities for self-defense and nuclear deterrence" should be a priority, France Press reported. Kim Jong-un stressed that South Korea's actions jeopardized the interests of countries in the region. He also warned on December 21, 2023 that in the event of provocative nuclear actions by its enemies, Pyongyang would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack. On December 31, the North Korean leader issued an order to launch three military satellites in 2024 and said that relations with South Korea had become that of two hostile and warring countries. He also said that the military situation on the Korean Peninsula has worsened due to unprecedented provocations by the United States and South Korea against Pyongyang, and said: “The maximum offensive readiness of the country's army is necessary in 2024 against enemies.” His emphasis on military readiness and the implementation of the country's nuclear program is that the United States, with its military presence in the region, always threatens Pyongyang with military attacks, and has also imposed many sanctions against North Korea. North Korea also considered it harmful to strengthen its military and nuclear forces against threats from the United States and its allies. Meanwhile, the United States and its allies, including Japan and South Korea, accused North Korea of ​​transferring weapons to Russia. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, European Union Foreign Minister Josep Borrell and the foreign ministers of 47 other countries yesterday condemned the alleged missile transfer from North Korea to Russia in a joint statement and called for an immediate end to cooperation between the two countries. Kremlin Palace spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the White House's statement about the use of North Korean weapons in the war in Ukraine and said: "All weapons used by Ukraine against Russia were produced by Western countries."