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Kim vows to ‘irreversibly’ cement North Korea’s nuclear status, calls South ‘most hostile’
Kim Jong Un declared nuclear deterrence irreversible and designated South Korea as 'most hostile,' with defense spending at 15.8% of the 2026 budget, signaling a hardened security stance.
- On Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un formally designated South Korea the "most hostile state" during a policy speech at parliament, warning of "merciless" consequences for any provocation against the Republic.
- Kim's designation reflects his hardening stance toward Seoul, following his 2024 abandonment of decades-old reunification policy to redefine relations with the South as inherently hostile between two enemy states.
- Kim vowed to "further expand and advance our self-defensive nuclear deterrent" with "precise readiness" to counter "strategic threats," calling expansion "entirely justified." Pyongyang will "make it pay mercilessly" for any infringement on the Republic.
- Lawmakers approved a 2026 state budget raising defense spending to 15.8% of total expenditure for nuclear deterrence and war-fighting capabilities, while the assembly adopted constitutional amendments and endorsed a five-year economic plan.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin sent congratulations pledging deeper strategic partnership with Pyongyang, while Kim criticized U.S. military actions globally, positioning North Korea's nuclear status as irreversible amid widening regional tensions.
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Kim vows 'irreversible' nuclear status
North Korea will never give up nuclear weapons, leader Kim Jong Un said, indicating that it will soon designate South Korea the "most hostile state", according to a state media report on Tuesday. Kim also told the country's legislature in a policy address on Monday that the United States was committing "state terrorism", in an apparent reference to its military attacks on Iran. "We will continue to firmly consolidate our status as a nuclear-arme…
North Korean dictator says government will keep cementing nation's 'irreversible status as a nuclear power'
North Korean's Kim Jong Un pledged to solidify his nation's nuclear status while keeping a hard-line position regarding South Korea, which he referred to as the "most hostile" state, state media indicated Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.In a speech Monday to Pyongyang’s rubber-stamp parliament, Kim accused the United States of global "state terrorism and aggression," in an apparent reference to the war in the Middle East, and said Nor…
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Kim Jong-un, the top leader of North Korea, has taken advantage of the first session of the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly (the North Korean Parliament) to send a double message of power: both the hostility towards South Korea and the atomic condition of his country are irreversible. In a speech delivered on Monday and broadcast this Tuesday by the state news agency KCNA, the North Korean president assured that Pyongyang will continue to strengt…
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