10000s rally in support of N Korean military

Tens of thousands of people have staged mass rallies in North Korea in support of the country’s military as tensions flare up on the Korean Peninsula.

According to AFP, the protesters, who expressed strong support for the nation’s armed forces, held demonstrations all over the country on Sunday.
A government statement said North Korea’s nuclear weapons are “the nation’s life that will not be traded even for billions of dollars.”
The statement was published after North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un took part in a meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.
On Saturday, Pyongyang announced declared that it is in a “state of war” with South Korea, warning that any provocation by Seoul and Washington will trigger an all-out nuclear war.
On March 11, Seoul and Washington launched a week-long annual joint military maneuver near the Korean Peninsula despite warnings from Pyongyang. The maneuver involved 10,000 South Korean soldiers and about 3,000 US troops.