North Korea's official newspaper Rodong Sinmun
- said Friday that any attempt to infringe upon NK's dignity and survival should be met by an "immediate and powerful" strike
- calling for all-out efforts to build up its national defense capability
"An action that would violate our republic's dignity and survival should be met by an immediate and powerful strike"
"(We) should maintain invincible military power and beef it up,"
"It is the core initiative of our party's national defense building to make no one dare to think about using military power against us. We should marshal all resources of our country for defense-building efforts."
Via Yonhap
Yen saw inflows on the news out of Iraq earlier:
- US officials confirm responsibility for missile attack at Baghdad airport
- Iraqi State TV reporting now that Soleimani and Muhandis both killed in air strike
- More on the rocket attack at Baghdad airport - looks like a major escalation confirmed
- Baghdad International Airport rocket attack earlier - 4 killed.
Seeing more on this out of NK.