N. Korea warns of nuclear disaster, threatens US


This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 31, 2013 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) inspecting a ski resort on Masik Pass to be completed in Kangwon province. -AFP/KCNA via KNS

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said Wednesday the Korean peninsula would be engulfed by "massive nuclear disaster" if war breaks out there again, warning the US it will not be safe in the event of a conflict.

"If the war breaks out again in this land, it will bring about a massive nuclear disaster and the US will never be safe," Kim said in his New Year message, broadcast on state TV.

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