Global Courant 2023-04-29 04:32:00
SEOUL — North Korean Kim Yo Jong, leader Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister, said an agreement between the US and South Korea this week on the need to strengthen South Korean security will worsen the situation, according to the state media KCNA on Saturday.
North Korea is convinced it needs to further perfect a “nuclear war deterrent” as a result, Ms. Kim said. The statement went no further.
Ms. Kim’s statement is North Korea’s first commentary on the meeting and suggests that the cycle of military show of force and weapons development will continue.
US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol met this week, with the United States pledging to give South Korea greater insight into its nuclear planning on any conflict with North Korea amid concerns over the Pyongyang’s growing arsenal of missiles and bombs.
A US Navy nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) will also visit South Korea for the first time since the 1980s to help demonstrate Washington’s determination to protect the country from a North Korean attack. REUTERS
