A senior North Korean diplomat reiterated at the UN Monday that his country won’t give up its nuclear weapons despite numerous demands to do so, calling them crucial to keeping a balance of power with South Korea. We will never talk away from this position, he said.
Under the spotlight of the General Assembly’s annual meeting of world leaders, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong amplified his country’s longstanding complaints about US-led military exercises with South Korea and Japan. Complaining that the US and its allies are mounting a growing threat of aggression, he portrayed his own country’s arsenal as the reason the balance of power on the Korean Peninsula is ensured.
Still, his address was more tempered, especially toward the United States, than many of his country’s prior remarks on the world stage and elsewhere. While Kim lambasted without naming names hegemonic forces and an indiscriminate tariff war, there were no personal insults, and there was more sternness than …​A senior North Korean diplomat reiterated at the UN Monday that his country won’t give up its nuclear weapons despite numerous demands to do so, calling them crucial to keeping a balance of power with South Korea. We will never talk away from this position, he said.
Under the spotlight of the General Assembly’s annual meeting of world leaders, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong amplified his country’s longstanding complaints about US-led military exercises with South Korea and Japan. Complaining that the US and its allies are mounting a growing threat of aggression, he portrayed his own country’s arsenal as the reason the balance of power on the Korean Peninsula is ensured.
Still, his address was more tempered, especially toward the United States, than many of his country’s prior remarks on the world stage and elsewhere. While Kim lambasted without naming names hegemonic forces and an indiscriminate tariff war, there were no personal insults, and there was more sternness than … ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
