North Korea vowed to continue developing its defensive capabilities amid concerns the U. S. and South Korea will start a war against them.
Just days after reports surfaced the U. S. and South Korea would discuss North Korea’s demands in order to end its nuclear program, Pyongyang’s state media said Sunday its „self-defensive nuclear deterrent force is never subject to any kind of negotiations.“
North Korea has vowed to continue developing its defensive capabilities amid the reclusive country’s concerns the U. S. and South Korea will start a war. Kim Jong Un’s regime has claimed its continued missile tests have been in retaliation to Washington and Seoul’s joint military drills in the Korean Peninsula.
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„We should make every effort to strengthen our national defense with the nuclear capability as the backbone, “ North Korea’s official newspaper Rodong Sinmun said in an editorial, according to Yonhap News . „If South Korea truly wants to improve the Korean ties and seek peace, it should stop picking on our nuclear deterrent force and stand against the U. S.’s plot for first nuclear strike on the North.“
On Thursday, North Korea carried out another test of a rocket engine as part of the program developing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) , which is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, and reaching the U.
