Kim calls for 'unlimited' nuclear build-up, war preparedness
18-11-2024 10:45 AM
Ammon News - Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, has urged for the continuous strengthening of the country's nuclear forces and completion of war preparations due to increased military confrontations by enemies, as reported by state media on Monday.
Kim Jong Un stated in his speech that we will continue to enhance our self-defense capabilities, focusing on nuclear forces, with no limits, and will not be content nor stop.
Kim Jong Un insisted that his country's military dedicate all its energy to finishing preparations for war.
In a speech to battalion commanders in Pyongyang on Friday, the North Korean leader referred to the Korean Peninsula as "the world's largest hotspot."
According to the North's official Korean Central News Agency, Kim also blamed the United States and South Korea for escalating tensions on the peninsula to "the worst point in history."
Kim stated his opinions at the fourth gathering of battalion commanders and political instructors of the Korean People's Army on Friday, which marked the end of the two-day event in Pyongyang, as per reports from North Korea's Korean Central News Agency and South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.
It was the initial conference of its kind in a decade.
According to the Korean Central News Agency, the leader of North Korea claimed that the US and the West were using Ukraine as "shock troops" to expand Washington's military intervention globally, in a war against Russia.