North Korea propaganda video depicts nuclear missile obliterating Washington

North Korea on Saturday released a new propaganda video titled "Last Chance" which depicts a submarine-launched nuclear missile obliterating Washington before closing with an image of a U.S. flag burning over a cemetery.

The four-minute computer-animated video, uploaded to the YouTube channel of North Korean website D.P.R.K. Today, came with a sinister message to "American imperialists" not to incense Pyongyang.

"If the American imperialists provoke us a bit, we will not hesitate to slap them with a pre-emptive nuclear strike," read the Korean subtitles in the video, translated by The New York Times. "The United States must choose! It's up to you whether the nation called the United States exists on this planet or not."

The video also cuts to images from the Korean War, the capture of a U.S. spy ship, the Pueblo, in 1968 and the shoot-down of an American helicopter in 1994.

North Korea has repeatedly threatened the U.S. with nuclear strikes while carrying out missile test, many of which have failed. The video comes after Pyongyang claimed recently to have successfully tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile like the one shown in the video.

Threats against South Korea

North Korea also warned Saturday that its military is ready to attack Seoul's presidential palace unless South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologizes for "treason" and publicly executes officials responsible for what Pyongyang says are plans to attack its leadership, The Associated Press reported.

State media issued the warning in the name of a unit of the Korean People's Army. It is the latest in a barrage of threats against Washington and Seoul over large-scale joint military drills now underway that the North sees as preparation for an invasion.

A separate propaganda video was released Saturday showing vehicle-mounted multiple-launch rocket systems firing toward Seoul.

The joint military exercises are held annually, but tensions are especially high this year due to the scale of the drills and because of North Korea's recent nuclear test.

The warning Saturday said the South Korean presidential palace is within striking range of the North's artillery units, and that if an order to attack is made it is "just a click away," The Associated Press said.

North Korea is believed to have artillery capable of striking Seoul with little or no warning and causing severe damage and casualties in the city of 10 million, the news agency said. But a strike on Seoul is very unlikely, and Pyongyang has previously issued similar threats without following through.

Additional reporting by The Associated Press.

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