North Korea should “further develop nuclear technology” and produce small, lightweight nuclear warheads, its leader also said.
Le Monde avec AFP
The United States is North Korea’s” greatest enemy “and the country plans to acquire a nuclear submarine, its leader Kim said Jong-un, quoted Saturday January 9 by the official news agency KCNA.
Pyongyang “should focus and develop in order to subvert the United States, the biggest obstacle to our revolution and our biggest enemy “, he declared during the 8 th congress of the party in power according to the agency, received in Seoul.
The statement comes less than two weeks before Joe Biden takes office as President of the United States and when relations between Kim and incumbent US President Donald Trump have been tumultuous s.
Between insults and handshakes, Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump had their ups and downs. No substantial progress has been made during the reconciliation period and since February 2019 Kim-Trump relations have stalled.
But Trump has never inspired North Korea with the hatred that she dedicates to Joe Biden, a “mad dog” who should be “beaten to death”. For his part, the president-elect called Mr. Kim a “thug”. “Whoever is in power [in the United States], the true nature of his policy against North Korea is never going to change,” Kim Jong-un said without naming Joe Biden, according to KCNA.
Development of nuclear technology
At this meeting of the Workers’ Party, the North Korean leader also announced that his country has carried out a plan to have a sub- nuclear marine.
“Further planning research for a nuclear submarine has been completed and is about to enter the final review process, “he said according to the agency. The country should “further develop nuclear technology” and produce light and small-sized nuclear warheads to be used “according to the intended targets,” he added.
The leader held these Remarks to the party during a nine-hour working presentation spanning three days, details of which KCNA first reported on Saturday.