Kim Jong Un announced North Korea will develop 'new strategic weapons.'
North Korea took"preemptive and crucial measures of halting its nuclear test and ICBM test fire and shutting down the nuclear test ground," as part of its negotiations with the U.S. but wasn't rewarded with"appropriate measures," Kim said.
Kim declared that North Korea will develop its strategic weapons to ensure the security of the state until a lasting peace-keeping mechanism is ready and the U.S. takes back what are considered unfavorable policies toward the state. "If North Korea puts it into action, it won’t be helpful for the denuclearization negotiation and the efforts to settle peace in the Korean peninsula," South Korea’s Unification Ministry said in a statement released a few hours after the KCNA report.
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