UN Criticizes North Korea's Nuclear Threat... Urges Resumption of Dialogue
[Asia Economy New York=Special Correspondent Joselgina] On the 28th (local time), the United Nations criticized North Korea's nuclear threats targeting South Korea and the United States and urged the resumption of denuclearization talks.
Farhan Haq, UN spokesperson, said at the daily briefing that in response to a question about Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres' stance on North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un's related remarks, "We oppose all rhetoric, including the use of such lethal weapons."
Haq added, "We continue to urge the resumption of negotiations on the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
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According to the Korean Central News Agency, in a speech commemorating Victory Day the previous day, Chairman Kim threatened that if South Korea takes preemptive measures, "such dangerous attempts will be immediately punished by powerful force, and the Yoon Seok-yeol administration and its military will be annihilated," warning that nuclear war deterrence could be mobilized.
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