The KCNA statement warned that if the United States dared to take issue with the North's system of government by citing human rights problems, it would "pay dearly"
North Korea issued the warning days after Trump spoke of a possible military option toward the North and revived his rocket man nickname for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
The impoverished but nuclear-armed nation, ruled by the Kim family through three generations, has been accused of state-sanctioned abuses including torture, rape and extrajudicial killings
