North Korea vows to further develop nuclear forces

North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un on Sunday, faulted trilateral military cooperation among the United States, Japan and South Korea for raising tensions in the region, vowing countermeasures, including the further development of nuclear forces.

Kim said US deployments of nuclear strategic assets, war exercises and military cooperation with Japan and South Korea were inviting military imbalance in the region and raising a grave challenge to the security environment.

According to him, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK, does not want unnecessary tension in the regional situation but will take sustained countermeasures to ensure the regional military balance.

Recall that US President Donald Trump, after a meeting on Friday with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said he would have relations with North Korea, as they expressed concern over its nuclear program.

On Russia’s war with Ukraine, Kim said, “The army and people of the DPRK will invariably support and encourage the just cause of the Russian army and people to defend their sovereignty, security and territorial integrity in keeping with the spirit of the treaty on the comprehensive strategic partnership between the DPRK and Russia.”