TW Newsdesk, March 19:North Korea claims that around 800,000 of its citizens volunteered to join or re-enlist in the nation’s military to fight against the United States, North Korea’s state newspaper reported.

Around 800,000 students and workers, across the nation expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United States.

The North’s ballistic missiles are reportedly banned under United Nations Security Council resolutions and the launch drew condemnation from governments in Seoul, Washington and Tokyo.