Kim Jong-un calls for “accelerating” preparations for war, including nuclear war

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un he urged his party “speed up”Preparations for war, including its nuclear program, state media reported on Thursday.

His comments came a week after Kim warned that his country would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if “caused”With atomic weapons.

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Kim addressed the issue at the ruler’s meeting Korean Workers’ Partywhere he will announce political decisions by 2024.

He asked his party “further accelerate war preparations”In different sectors such as nuclear weapons and civil defense, the official KCNA news agency reported.

He assured that “the military situation”on the Korean peninsula became“extreme“due to clashes”unprecedented” from Washington.

South Korea, Japan It is U.S They stepped up military cooperation in the face of the North’s wave of weapons tests this year and activated a system to share real-time information on North Korean missile launches.

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Weeks ago, a US nuclear submarine arrived at the South Korean port of BusanIt is washington sent long-range bombers to perform maneuvers with Seoul It is Tokyo.

For Pyongyangthe sending of strategic weapons, such as B-52 bombersto joint maneuvers on the Korean peninsula are “intentionally provocative actions of the United States towards nuclear war”.

This year, the North launched a reconnaissance satellite, enshrined its status as a nuclear power in its constitution and tested its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile.

Source: Elcomercio

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