"North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has directed top officials to strengthen the nation's nuclear shield and sword, saying only a nuclear counteraction could safeguard his country's security. In a meeting with nuclear scientists and technicians on Friday, including Hong Sung-mu, a senior official believed to have spearheaded North Korea's nuclear programme, Kim said the production of nuclear materials and weapons was an essential top priority, according to state media."
"The powerful deterrent, namely, the logic of peacekeeping and security by force with nuclear forces as its backbone is the invariable stand of the DPRK, Kim was quoted as saying by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Comrade Kim Jong Un said we must constantly sharpen and renew the nuclear shield and sword that can reliably guarantee national sovereignty, security and interests and the right to development, KCNA added."
Kim Jong Un directed top officials to strengthen the nation's nuclear shield and sword and asserted that only a nuclear counteraction could safeguard national security. The meeting included nuclear scientists and technicians, including senior official Hong Sung-mu, with an emphasis that production of nuclear materials and weapons is an essential top priority. Kim described the powerful deterrent as the logic of peacekeeping and security by force with nuclear forces as its backbone and referenced main tasks tied to a new important nuclear strategy without providing details. South Korea recently assessed Pyongyang may possess up to 2,000kg of highly enriched uranium.
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