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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un visits missile bases, slams US nuclear means

2024.10.22 18:33

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited strategic missile bases and examined the readiness “for action of strategic deterrence” while calling the U.S. strategic nuclear capabilities as a threat, state media reported on Wednesday.

The U.S. strategic nuclear means pose an “ever-increasing threat” to North Korea’s security environment and long-term threats demand Pyongyang’s “thorough and strict” counteraction posture of its nuclear forces, he was quoted as saying by KCNA.

Kim also urged the modernization of the armed forces by giving priority to the strategic missile force in the future, calling it “an important principle of the strategy for building the national defence.”

© Reuters. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a visit to the National Defense University in Pyongyang, North Korea, October 7, 2024, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.    KCNA via REUTERS    ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

He was accompanied on his visit by Kim Yo Jong, his powerful sister and Kim Jong Sik, the first vice department director of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, KCNA reported.

KCNA did not say when the visits took place.



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