North Korea threatens to reduce US and South Korea to 'flames and ash'

North Korea has threatened to turn Washington and Seoul into “flames and ashes”, warning of an indiscriminate “pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice” in reaction to the start of huge US-South Korean military drills. Such threats have been a staple of young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un since he took power after his dictator father’s death in December 2011. But they tend to increase especially when Washington and Seoul stage what they call annual defensive springtime war games. Read more