SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would permanently strengthen its nuclear forces and treat South Korea as its most hostile state, as he set out policy priorities in a speech to parliament, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday (Mar 24).Kim said Pyongyang's status as a nuclear-armed state

Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang's status as a nuclear‑armed state was irreversible and expanding a "self‑defensive nuclear deterrent" was essential to national security, regional stability and economic development.

SEOUL: North Korea has re-elected Kim Jong Un as president of state affairs, state media reported on Monday (Mar 23).Kim's reappointment as head of the authoritarian nation's highest policymaking and governing body, the State Affairs Commission, was announced by the state news agency KCNA.Critics argue

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to irreversibly cement his country’s status as a nuclear power while maintaining a hard-line stance toward South Korea, which he called the “most hostile” state.