[caww]

Is there a particular reason you know of that Kim’s now saying Japan will be the first he hits?

[buwaya]

South Koreans hate Japan, so thats an attempt at splitting them (or their public opinion) away from their other enemies.

[TigerLikesRooster]

That is where all dangerous assets are parked, away from immediate danger unlike in S. Korea. Now they are saying it is not the case because their missiles can reach that far.

[Redwood71]

Because he figures they won’t be able to fight back and it’s as far as his missiles are capable of.

Another display of his stupidity.

rwood

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"Is there a particular reason you know of that Kim’s now saying Japan will be the first he hits?"

I was watching an interview of a guy who has studied North Korea and he was commenting on the hatred that the Koreans have for the Japanese because of the occupation of Korea from 1910-1945. He said the North Koreans refer to the Japanese almost exclusively as "Jap bastards." He said even in scholarly works you will be reading along and then "Jap bastards" will be used. He said it was very jarring to see.

He was aware that the North Koreans weren't fans of the Japanese, so he would take jokes like "what do you call 100 lawyers on the bottom of the ocean" and switch Japanese for lawyers. He said it really broke the ice with the North Koreans he was speaking with.