North Korea: the 'nuclear threat' from the United States justifies a strengthened arsenal

Kim Kang-il, North Korea's vice-minister of defense, stated that the U.S. military buildup justifies the expansion of North Korea's nuclear arsenal. He accused Washington of turning its military cooperation with South Korea and Japan into a regional nuclear alliance. Kim asserted that his country's nuclear status is irreversible, calling for an end to any hopes of denuclearization on the peninsula.