SEOUL: North Korea's Kim Jong Un would face the end of his regime if he used his nuclear weapons against the South, its president said on Tuesday, as Seoul staged a parade showcasing its military prowess. Fighter jets flew over downtown Seoul and tanks rolled through the streets, as South Korea displayed weaponry including its largest ballistic missile, the Hyunmoo-5, which is capable of destroying underground bunkers, for the first time.
"If North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, it will face the resolute and overwhelming response of our military and the US and Republic of Korea alliance," Seoul's President Yoon Suk Yeol said. "That day will be the end of the North Korean regime," Yoon said.
Yoon urged the North to "abandon the delusion that nuclear weapons will protect them", and slammed Pyongyang's recent campaign of floating trash-carrying balloons into the South, which have caused airport disruptions and triggered small fires. — AFP
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