Kim Jong-un promises his 'toughest' policy against the US yet
Pyongyang intends to strengthen its defenses in response to what Kim Jong-un has described as Washington’s “aggression” in Asia. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has asserted the need to strengthen the nation's defenses and pursue the “toughest anti-US counteraction” to date, in a speech given less than a month before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
During a meeting of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, Kim characterized the US as “the most reactionary state,” stating that it “regards anti-communism as its invariable state policy,” according to the KCNA news agency.
Kim further labeled the US alliance with Japan and South Korea as “a nuclear military bloc for aggression,” referring to South Korea as “an out-and-out anti-communist outpost of the US.” He urged for “the toughest anti-US counteraction to be launched aggressively by [North Korea] for its long-term national interests and security.”
The beginning of Kim and Trump’s relationship was marked by hostility, with both leaders frequently exchanging insults and nuclear threats, including the then-president’s declaration that he would attack Pyongyang with “fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before.”
Eventually, the two leaders shifted away from their aggressive rhetoric and engaged in a series of summits. While no enduring agreements resulted from these meetings, both the US and North Korea temporarily reduced their military activities, and Pyongyang decreased its ballistic missile tests until President Joe Biden assumed office in 2021.
Since 2022, Kim’s military has conducted over 100 tests of ballistic and cruise missiles, including one in September equipped with what KCNA described as a “super-large” 4.5-ton warhead. Reports indicated that a month later, commanders in Pyongyang instructed frontline artillery units to “get fully ready to open fire” on Seoul after South Korean drones released propaganda leaflets over the North Korean capital.
In response, the US and South Korea have expanded the scale and frequency of their military exercises since 2022, with the most recent drills in November featuring an American aircraft carrier alongside South Korean and Japanese fighter jets. Pyongyang condemned these exercises, calling them “provocative war drills for aggression.”
Sophie Wagner for TROIB News
During a meeting of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, Kim characterized the US as “the most reactionary state,” stating that it “regards anti-communism as its invariable state policy,” according to the KCNA news agency.
Kim further labeled the US alliance with Japan and South Korea as “a nuclear military bloc for aggression,” referring to South Korea as “an out-and-out anti-communist outpost of the US.” He urged for “the toughest anti-US counteraction to be launched aggressively by [North Korea] for its long-term national interests and security.”
The beginning of Kim and Trump’s relationship was marked by hostility, with both leaders frequently exchanging insults and nuclear threats, including the then-president’s declaration that he would attack Pyongyang with “fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before.”
Eventually, the two leaders shifted away from their aggressive rhetoric and engaged in a series of summits. While no enduring agreements resulted from these meetings, both the US and North Korea temporarily reduced their military activities, and Pyongyang decreased its ballistic missile tests until President Joe Biden assumed office in 2021.
Since 2022, Kim’s military has conducted over 100 tests of ballistic and cruise missiles, including one in September equipped with what KCNA described as a “super-large” 4.5-ton warhead. Reports indicated that a month later, commanders in Pyongyang instructed frontline artillery units to “get fully ready to open fire” on Seoul after South Korean drones released propaganda leaflets over the North Korean capital.
In response, the US and South Korea have expanded the scale and frequency of their military exercises since 2022, with the most recent drills in November featuring an American aircraft carrier alongside South Korean and Japanese fighter jets. Pyongyang condemned these exercises, calling them “provocative war drills for aggression.”
Sophie Wagner for TROIB News
