North Korea vows to bolster ‘military deterrence’ against…
SEOUL - North Korea will step up its “military deterrence” against South Korea and the United States, state media said on Sunday, according to the Yonhap news agency.
The Korea Herald said the agency also called the state visit “the most hostile, aggressive and provocative trip and a dangerous one for a nuclear war”.a new “Washington Declaration”Under this, the US will give South Korea detailed insights into, and a voice in US contingency planning to deter and respond to any nuclear incident in the region through a US-ROK Nuclear Consultative Group, US officials said. The South’s formal name is Republic of Korea.
“A nuclear attack by North Korea against the United States or its allies or our partners is unacceptable, and will result in the end of whatever regime were to take such an action,” the US leader said in the White House’s Rose Garden last week, alongside Mr Yoon.It said: “Under such situation, it is quite natural for the DPRK to bolster up its military deterrence corresponding to the grave security environment of the present and the future.
“Through this, the US and the South Korean puppets have made their scheme for invasion against the DPRK more clear,” the KCNA said.
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