North Korea started the year the same way it ended 2022: a ballistic missile launch and offensive declarations. Kim Jong-un called for increasing exponential the country’s nuclear arsenal to deal with the threat posed by the United States and South Korea, dubbed ” indisputable enemy “. Words that are far from announcing a potential lull on the Korean peninsula which saw a record number of missiles fired in 2022.
With our correspondent in Seoul, Nicholas Rocca
North Korea let just under three hours into the new year before fire a ballistic missile. A symbol of the country’s intentions for the next twelve months.
Closing the six-day meeting of the Workers’ Party, Kim Jong-un revealed his military strategy for the coming year. In addition to the ” exponential increase in nuclear arsenal of the country, the North Korean leader announced the development of a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of rapid nuclear strike.
Seoul, ” the indisputable enemy »
Offensive announcements which, according to him, are a response to the provocations of hostile forces. Understand the many US and South Korean military exerciseswhich has now become the indisputable enemy “, while tensions have increased considerably since May and the arrival of the conservatives to power in Seoul.
” We will respond to a nuclear attack with a nuclear attack, and to an all-out confrontation with an all-out confrontation. also clarified Kim Jong-un. While his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol doesn’t seem ready to back down either, that doesn’t inspire optimism for inter-Korean relations in 2023, the 70th year since the end of the war. Korean War.
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