TENS of thousands of North Koreans have been pictured raising their fists in a show of strength at a mass rally yesterday after Donald Trump threatened to destroy the regime.

Incredible snaps show Kim Il-sung Square in the capital Pyongyang filled with people carrying placards plastered with propaganda slogans.

11 Tens of thousands of North Koreans gathered in Kim Il-sung Square Credit: Reuters

11 Party supporters carried signs like the one second from right, which reads, 'American imperialists, dare not run wild!' Credit: AP:Associated Press

11 People raised their fists and chanted slogans in a show of support for Kim Jong-un Credit: AP:Associated Press

Party supporters carried signs with messages like “Strike the United States with nuclear thunderbolt!”, “Those who touch us will not escape death” and “A revenge attack of annihilation”.

They also chanted in time as they rejected the United Nations' latest round of economic sanctions.

The country this week threatened “thousands-fold” revenge against the United States for banning exports worth $1billion following its intercontinental ballistic launches.

Crackpot leader Kim Jong-un demanded “justice” over Trump’s attempts to “isolate and stifle” his country with a ban on exporting coal, iron, lead and seafood.

As tensions continue to rise in the region, South Korean generals were last week told to speed up preparations to defend the country against its northern neighbour.

President Moon said the country needed to be self-reliant, telling his commanders: “The goal is to build a winning military.”

11 The mass rally was held in the centre of the capital Pyongyang yesterday Credit: Reuters

11 Signs, from left to right, read, “Strike the United States with nuclear thunderbolt!”, “Those who touch us will not escape death” and “A revenge attack of annihilation” Credit: AP:Associated Press

11 The mass rally came as tensions in the region continue to rise over Kim's nukes Credit: Reuters

11 People marched in columns like soldiers in front of a military band during the mass rally Credit: Reuters

And Hawaii has now become the first US state to start preparing itself for a nuclear attack by Kim Jong-un.

Officials on the island are now said to be working to bring back a warning system similar to the Cold War air raid sirens.

The nuclear-armed rogue state today announced a detailed plan to fire a salvo of four missiles towards the US territory of Guam.

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The scheme to target the island, a key US military stronghold, was intended to "signal a crucial warning" as "only absolute force" would have an effect on the US leader, the North said.

The western Pacific island of Guam is home to US strategic assets including long-range bombers and military jets and submarines, which are regularly deployed for shows of force in and near the Korean peninsula, to Pyongyang's fury.

Two supersonic US bombers took off from the island on a fly-over mission to Korea early this week.

11 The country this week threatened 'thousands-fold' revenge against the US for the latest sanctions Credit: Reuters

11 The colossal propaganda event came after North Korea said it was devising a plan to strike the US island of Guam with rockets Credit: Reuters

11 Images supposedly show ordinary citizens standing in military-like formations during the mass rally Credit: Reuters

11 Many were seen holding communist flags aloft as they marched through Kim Il-sung Square Credit: Reuters

The declaration came after Trump boasted on Twitter that America's nuclear arsenal was "far stronger and more powerful than ever before".

Earlier, Trump stunned the world with a bold message to leader Kim Jong-un, telling him the North faced "fire and fury like the world has never seen".

Trump spends day playing GOLF as nuclear crisis escalates Donald Trump spent the day playing golf yesterday as the nuclear crisis continued to escalate. The US president didn’t seem overly concerned about the escalating tensions with North Korea as he stepped out at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. He arrived at the resort last Friday for a 17-day stay while the White House is undergoing heating maintenance works. But he tweeted earlier this week to insist the getaway was not a holiday. He wrote: “Working in Bedminster, N.J., as long planned construction is being done at the White House. This is not a vacation - meetings and calls!”

The war of words over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes is raising fears of a miscalculation that could lead to catastrophic consequences on the Korean peninsula and beyond.

Last month the North carried out two successful tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile, bringing much of the US mainland within its range.

John Delury, professor at Seoul's Yonsei University, said the region was facing "a mini Cuban Missile Crisis".

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