Published: 09:29, August 25, 2024 | Updated: 13:07, August 25, 2024
DPRK says to cope with any nuclear threat posed by US
By Xinhua
This picture taken on April 22, 2024, and released by DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency on April 23, 2024, shows "rocket artillery" being launched during a virtual nuclear counterattack training exercise, at an undisclosed location in DPRK. (PHOTO / KCNA VIA AFP)

SEOUL - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea lashed out Saturday at the nuclear strategy of the United States, vowing it will "resolutely cope with any type of nuclear threat posed by the US," state media reported.

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The DPRK has denounced the nuclear strategy, saying that the United States is pursuing a unilateral nuclear edge and falsely portraying other countries as "nuclear threats," the official Korean Central News Agency reported, citing a press statement by a DPRK's foreign ministry spokesperson.

This picture taken on March 23, 2023 and released by DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency on March 24, 2023 shows the underwater nuclear strategic attack weapon system "Haeil" firing in the water off the coast of Riwon County of South Hamgyong Province, in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan. (PHOTO / KCNA VIA AFP)

The United States' nuclear posture readjustment "has a serious negative impact on the global nuclear balance, security environment and nuclear disarmament system," the statement said.

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The United States currently holds the world's largest nuclear arsenal. The statement said the United States has created "a nuclear-based military bloc" with its allies in the Asia-Pacific, including Republic of Korea and Japan.

This picture taken on Sept 6, 2023, and released by DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency on Sept 8 shows the unveiling ceremony of the new submarine No 841, named the Hero Kim Kun Ok, at an undisclosed location in DPRK. The country on September 8 announced it had built a "tactical nuclear attack submarine" as part of its effort to strengthen its naval force, the state news agency KCNA reported. (PHOTO / KCNA VIA AFP)

It called the country "the most irresponsible actor and rogue state triggering a nuclear arms race and increasing the possibility of nuclear clashes worldwide," according to the statement.

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The DPRK will bolster its strategic strength to control and eliminate all sorts of security challenges that may result from the nuclear readjustment and resolutely counter any nuclear threat, it added.