US, South Korea Vow to ‘End’ Kim Regime If North Korea Uses Nukes

A TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch with file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2022. Lee Jin-man/AP Photo

The United States and South Korea have vowed to mount an “overwhelming response” that they said would end the Kim Jong-un regime if North Korea launched a nuclear attack.

The two allied nations issued a joint communique on Thursday after a meeting between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jong-sup, at the Pentagon.