Media: DPRK launching new satellites and building drones due to US actions
North Korea vowed to launch three new spy satellites, build military drones, and boost its nuclear arsenal in 2024 as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said US policy is making war inevitable, Reuters reports
Kim Jong Un hit out at Washington as he wrapped up five days of ruling party meetings that outlined economic, military and foreign policy goals for 2024.
“Because of reckless moves by the enemies to invade us, it is a fait accompli that a war can break out at any time on the Korean Peninsula,” the North Korean leader said.
He ordered the military to prepare to ‘pacify the entire territory of South Korea’, including with nuclear bombs if necessary, in response to any attack. This year will see crucial elections in both South Korea and the United States.
President Joe Biden’s administration said it was open to talks but imposed new sanctions as North Korea began conducting new missile tests. The South Korean Defence Ministry condemned Pyongyang’s plans to realise ‘its nuclear ambitions’.
