NORTH Korea has warned it is “on the brink of nuclear war” with the US after Donald Trump ordered the deployment of new American weaponry to the region.

It also labelled the US a “blackmailing gangster” which was holding it at “knifepoint” by imposing economic sanctions and supporting its enemies.

Its warning comes as tensions between the two atomic powers continue to escalate and tyrant Kim Jong-Un vows to continue with his nuclear missile tests.

It has recently been claimed his tests could trigger a deadly volcanic eruption, and that the mad dictator has an army comprising 500,000 women soldiers ready to send to the frontline.

Commentary published in the state-run news agency KCNA today claimed the US was to blame for the growing tensions.