North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the 4th plenary session of the 8th Central Committee of the North Korean Workers’ Party in December. news
While discussing countermeasures against the United States, North Korea hinted at withdrawing the moratorium on its nuclear and missile tests.
According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on the 20th, the Central Committee of the North Korean Workers’ Party of Korea held the 8th and 6th Politburo meeting in the presence of Chairman Kim Jong-un, who is the general secretary of the party, to listen to an analysis report on the situation around the Korean Peninsula and a series of international issues. We discussed the direction of countermeasures to the United States.
“The Politburo meeting redeployed the defense policy tasks to strengthen and develop more powerful physical means to firmly suppress the hostile acts against the DPRK, which are becoming increasingly dominant by the United States, without delay,” the KCNA reported. We have sent instructions to the relevant department to thoroughly review the confidence-building measures that have been taken and to quickly review the issue of resuming all activities that have been temporarily suspended.”
North Korea previously declared at the plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in April 2018 that it would dismantle its nuclear test site and suspend its nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test launches. .
“At the meeting, data was informed about the recent reckless maneuvering of the United States by unfairly betting on the legitimate exercise of our country’s sovereignty,” the KCNA reported. ” asserted.
Hyun-woo In reporter inhyw@hankookilbo.com
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