US EditionNorth Korea says US-South Korea deal to set off 'nuclear domino' effect
- Last week, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung finalised a long-awaited security and trade agreement with the United States that includes plans to develop atomic-powered vessels.
- KCNA on Tuesday said the U.S.-South Korea deal destabilises military security in the Asia-Pacific and reveals U.S. hostility, denouncing Seoul-Washington submarine cooperation.
- KCNA warned the DPRK will take more justified and realistic countermeasures and Pyongyang called the submarine programme a "dangerous attempt at confrontation", while analysts cited South Korea's nuclear subs as a step toward semi-nuclear-weapon status.
- The commentary came a day after Seoul proposed military talks with Pyongyang to prevent border clashes, the first such offer in seven years, while Beijing voiced caution last week over non-proliferation risks.
- In the broader context, KCNA noted North Korea fired its ninth ballistic engine test and is developing a nuclear-powered submarine while holding 50 nuclear warheads, with a full ICBM launch possible in coming months.
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The North Korean government has warned this Tuesday that the nuclear program in which South Korea works with the United States, which includes the construction by its neighbor of a nuclear submarine, will be a “domino effect” in the region, as well as a “dangerous attempt at confrontation.” Pyongyang refers to the trade and security agreement with the United States announced last week by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, which includes plans…
North Korea has denounced the agreement between Seoul and Washington on the construction of nuclear-propelled submarines, claiming Tuesday in a public media comment that the agreement will cause a "nuclear domain" effect, according to AFP...
Nuclear submarines will allow Seoul to move forward in the "nuclearization" of its weapon, launching, instead, a "nuclear effect dominated" in the region and a "arm race," says Pyongyang.
North Korea has condemned a deal between Seoul and Washington to build nuclear submarines, saying in a commentary carried by state media on Tuesday that the deal would trigger a nuclear domino effect.
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