Choe Ryong Hae, who some say is the second-most powerful official in North Korea, said in a speech that the country is ready to stand up to any threat posed by the United States.
"We will respond to an all-out war with an all-out war and a nuclear war with our style of a nuclear attack", Choe added.
North Korea has said it is ready to conduct a pre-emptive strike on the U.S. if tensions between Pyongyang and Washington continue to escalate.
North Korea has begun a vast military parade to celebrate the birth of its founding father, Kim Il-sung, and warned that it was prepared to take the "toughest" action unless the United States ended its "military hysteria", The Guardian reports.
A huge parade in Pyongyang was held amid speculation that current leader Kim Jong-un could order a new nuclear test, reported BBC.
Military planes created the number 105 in the sky.
North Korea is also unwilling to show any signs of backing down under U.S. pressure, insisting that hey are willing to fight a war if President Trump wants one, and threatening nuclear retaliation against U.S. forces in South Korea, as well as across the region.
Amid growing tensions with the US President Donald Trump who promised to "take care" of North Korea, the communist officials told foreign journalists on Tuesday that a "big and important event" is expected to take place.
China, whose foreign minister met his French counterpart in Beijing on Friday, has said it wants to cooperate with Russian Federation to calm tension over North Korea as quickly as possible and bring all parties to the negotiating table.
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She said she was confident of reaching a deal in that time frame. The government's current working majority is only 17 seats. The election will be a vote on her performance so far.
China, on the other hand, acts as an economic bedrock for North Korea.
"US Pacific Command is fully committed to working closely with our allies in the Republic of Korea and in Japan to maintain security", he said.
China on Friday urged both United States and North Korea to refrain from mounting pressure on each other so as to not soon reach an "irreversible and unmanageable stage".
The display came after North Korea warned of "full scale war" if the "U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier fires a single bullet toward our territory".
North Korea responded by warning of a "merciless retaliatory strike" if the USA acts first.
The North has said it has developed and would launch a missile that can strike the mainland United States but officials and experts believe it is some time away from mastering all the necessary technology.
Meanwhile, Vice President Pence will travel Sunday to South Korea.
The isolated dictatorship's state-run TV showed what appeared to be several KN-08 and KN-14 missiles rolled out on trucks at the parade.
Kim Jong Un, wearing a suit and tie, was greeted with thunderous applause, but did not speak during the parade.
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