[사진 = 연합뉴스]North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said on the 12th, “Obviously, we are not strengthening our national defense capabilities by targeting south Korea.”
In a commemorative speech at the ‘Self-Defence-2021’ at the Defense Development Exhibition held the day before, Chairman Kim said, “The terrible history of using armaments among our own people on this land must not be repeated again.” “We must be strong even for our future generations. We have to get stronger and see,” the Korean Central News Agency reported on the same day.
Regarding the United States, “The United States has recently been sending frequent signals that it is not hostile to our country, but there is no behavioral basis to believe that it is not hostile,” he said. there,” he said.
However, Chairman Kim reiterated his will to strengthen national defense capabilities. “Our main enemy is the war itself, not South Korea or any particular country or force in the United States,” he said.
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