North Korea: "The US is pushing us to possess nuclear weapons... Countering nuclear with nuclear"

Report from North Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arms Control and Peace Research Institute
"We Will Strengthen War Deterrence Against US Nuclear Threat"
"Enhancing War Deterrence Is Our Final Choice"

The test firing of North Korea's super-large multiple rocket launcher conducted in September last year.

North Korea emphasized strengthening its war deterrence capability on the 70th anniversary of the Korean War and claimed that this was a result of the United States' hostile policy toward North Korea.

On the 25th, North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Institute for Disarmament and Peace published a "research report" of about 13,000 characters titled "The Withdrawal of the United States' Hostile Policy Toward Korea is an Essential Prerequisite for Peace and Stability on the Korean Peninsula," stating this position.

In the report published to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, North Korea said, "To eliminate the U.S. nuclear threat, the government of the Republic (North Korea) tried efforts through dialogue and efforts based on international law, but all were in vain," adding, "The only remaining choice was to counter nuclear weapons with nuclear weapons." It further claimed, "Ultimately, it was the United States that persistently pushed us toward nuclear armament."

The institute repeatedly emphasized, "For our people who were forced to endure a horrific war on this land by the United States, a strong and powerful war deterrence for national defense has become an indispensable strategic choice."

The institute stressed, "As the world's largest nuclear power and the only country to have used nuclear weapons, the United States clings to its pathological and inherent hostile policy toward us, engaging in extreme nuclear threats and blackmail. Under these conditions, we will continue to strengthen our power to suppress the ongoing nuclear threats from the United States and will never back down from the path we have chosen."

North Korea claimed that the United States has intensified its nuclear threats and hostile policies toward North Korea since the 2018 Singapore North Korea?U.S. summit.

The institute stated, "The U.S. nuclear threats and hostile policy toward Korea have been carried out more viciously after the Singapore North Korea?U.S. summit, which aimed to establish a new North Korea?U.S. relationship and build a permanent and solid peace regime on the Korean Peninsula."

It argued that instead of responding to North Korea's preemptive measures such as halting nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches, the United States has continued military threats including joint military exercises, the introduction of advanced war equipment, and various missile test launches.

The institute warned, "There is no guarantee that a second Korean War will not be repeated," and said, "The United States maximizing pressure on us while talking about dialogue is a petty double-dealing tactic, and the talk of denuclearization is an expression of a robber's true intention."

It added, "The United States maximizing political, economic, and military pressure on us while talking about dialogue is nothing but a petty double-dealing tactic, and the rote recitation of denuclearization is an expression of a robber's true intention to disarm us and open the way for an aggressive war."

It further emphasized, "Strengthening our war deterrence to protect national security and ensure development is a fair and legitimate exercise of self-defense rights that no one can dispute."

The Institute for Disarmament and Peace was established under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 1988 to promote North Korean authorities' diplomatic and military policies at various international conferences.

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