North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called South Korea the country’s “principal enemy” and said he has “no intention of avoiding war,” state media said Wednesday.

Kim also threatened to annihilate the South if it attempts to use force against the North, as he inspected a munitions factory, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

“Predicating that the ROK clan is our principal enemy, he said what the DPRK should prioritize in the relations with the hostile state” is “to bolster up the military capabilities for self-defense and the nuclear war

deterrent first of all,” KCNA said, using the acronyms for the official names for the South and the North — ROK and DPRK.

“He said that we would by no means unilaterally bring a great event by the overwhelming strength in the Korean peninsula but we have no intention of avoiding a war as well,” KCNA said.

Source: Yonhap News Agency