Kim Jong-un seeks negotiating leverage over Trump with new nuclear demands: analysts
During a visit on Wednesday to what state media described as a fissile material production base and a nuclear weapons institute, Kim called for “exceeding the plan for producing weapons-grade nuclear materials and strengthening the country’s nuclear shield”.
He argued that a “long-term confrontation with the most vicious and hostile countries is inevitable”, called a robust stockpile essential for containing their enemies and described Pyongyang’s nuclear forces as “growing stronger by the day.”
“Guaranteeing peace and security by dint of strength is our mode of struggle and option,” Kim was quoted as saying by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
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