Kim Jong-un says North Korea's weapons development is necessary in the face of hostile policies from the US and a military buildup in South Korea that is destabilising the peninsula
Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un blames US for tensions on the peninsula while lashing at Seoul over its"reckless ambition" and a"two-faced, illogical" attitude.
Pyongyang was only increasing its military in self-defence and not to start a war, Kim said in a speech at the Defence Development Exhibition on Tuesday, according to a report by state news agency KCNA. "We are not discussing war with anyone, but rather to prevent war itself and to literally increase war deterrence for the protection of national sovereignty," he said.The two Koreas have been in an accelerating arms race, with both sides testing increasingly advanced short-range ballistic missiles and other hardware.
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