nuclear-news

Kim Jong Un’s influential sister says North Korea determined to develop nuclear arsenal following US-South Korea summit

ABC News 1 May 23

The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader says her country will stage more provocative displays of its military might in response to a new US-South Korean agreement to intensify nuclear deterrence on the Korean Peninsula.

Key points:

• Kim Yo Jong, sister of Kim Jong Un, is a top foreign policy official for the regime
• She says the new US-South Korea agreement only strengthens the North’s resolve to develop nuclear arsenal 
• North Korea’s nuclear deterrence doctrine emphasise pre-emptive strike capabilities

According to Kim Yo Jong, the new agreement between Washington and Seoul to counter North Korea’s nuclear threat shows their “extreme” hostility toward Pyongyang………………………………………………………………………..

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is widely expected to up the ante in coming weeks or months as he continues to accelerate a campaign aimed at cementing the North’s status as a nuclear power and eventually negotiating US economic and security concessions from a position of strength.  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-01/north-korea-rebukes-us-south-korea-summit-/102285574

May 3, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war