Read more about Entire US is within range of North Korea’s nuclear weapons: Kim Jong-Un on Business Standard. Kim said it is imperative to lower military tensions on the Korean peninsula and improve ties with the South, adding the path to dialogue was open<\/b>
\nKim Jong Un said on Monday that the will never be able to start a war against now that his country has developed the capability to hit all of the US mainland with its
\u201cThe entire is within range of our nuclear weapons, and a nuclear button is always on my desk. This is reality, not a threat,\u201d Kim said during a televised New Year\u2019s Day speech.
\u201cThis year we should focus on mass producing and for operational deployment,\u201d Kim said. \u201cThese weapons will be used only if our is threatened.\u201d
tested intercontinental and conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test in September in defiance of warnings and sanctions, raising fears of a new conflict on the
Kim said it is imperative to lower military tensions on the and improve ties with the South, adding the path to dialogue was open.
Kim said he will consider sending a delegation to the to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February.
\u201cNorth Korea\u2019s participation in the Winter Games will be a good opportunity to show unity of the people and we wish the Games will be a success. Officials from the two Koreas may urgently meet to discuss the possibility,\u201d Kim said.
has said North Korea\u2019s the participation will ensure safety of the Olympics and proposed last month that and postpone large military drills that the North denounces as a rehearsal for war until after the Games.<\/p>\n

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