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According to South Korean media, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to strengthen his country’s nuclear weapons program.

Kim made the remark at a large military parade on the occasion of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army’s (KPRA) 90th founding anniversary, according to Yonhap News Agency.

In the worst-case scenario, he said, they might have to unleash their nuclear arsenal.

“Our main objective in terms of nuclear power is to deter conflict,” the agency cited Kim as saying. “However, our nuclear weapons cannot be confined only to the bounds of averting a war until a circumstance is created that we never aspire to witness in this land.”

The newly tested intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was also shown in the parade, according to photos provided by state-run media.

He stated any forces seeking a military conflict will be vanquished, a veiled allusion to the United States.

His comments come barely a week after US Special Representative for North Korea, Ambassador Sung Kim, warned that any provocations by North Korea will be met with harsh retaliation.

North Korea’s state-run media reported earlier this week that the country had successfully tested a new form of tactical guided weapon, presumably as part of its quest to improve its nuclear capabilities.

Since 2006, North Korea has been subject to UN sanctions over its nuclear program, which it has refused to halt. Furthermore, the United States has imposed sanctions on the country, penalizing the communist dictatorship for increasing its defense capabilities.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have been rising since last year, as both the North and the South undertake periodic military maneuvers as a show of might.

North Korea has performed over 12 missile tests this year alone, including one of a newly built hypersonic missile.

South Korean officials said on March 11 that North Korea has begun reopening tunnels at its nuclear facility that were shuttered in 2018.

Before North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s first meeting with then-US President Donald Trump, some components of the nuclear site were dismantled in front of international media.

Kim had vowed in January that Korea would consider resuming “all temporarily stopped” defense efforts in order to reinforce its defenses against the US.

He appeared to be referring to Pyongyang’s self-imposed ban on nuclear and long-range missile tests, which has been in place since 2017.

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