North Korea threatens Australia with nuclear strike over US allegiance

NORTH Korea has bluntly warned Australia of a possible nuclear strike if Canberra persists in “blindly and zealously toeing the US line”.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has reportedly sparked a threat of nuclear retaliation by North Korea. (AAP) Source: Yomiuri Shimbun

North Korea’s state new agency (KCNA) on Saturday quoted a foreign ministry spokesman castigating Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop after she “spouted a string of rubbish” against the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea (DPRK). 

“If Australia persists in following the US moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK and remains a shock brigade of the US master, this will be a suicidal act of coming within the range of the nuclear strike of the strategic force of the DPRK,” the report said