Pyongyang: North Korea will remain committed to the country’s nuclear development in 2018, according to a report released on Saturday by state-media. “Do not expect any change in its policy,” CNN quoted the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) report titled “No Force Can Prevail over Independence and Justice” as saying. “Its entity as an invincible power can neither be undermined nor be stamped out. “North Korea, as a responsible nuclear weapons state, will lead the trend of history to the only road of independence and justice, weathering all tempests on this planet,” it added.
The report provided a timeline of the country’s 2017 nuclear weapon achievements, mostly focused on possible US engagement. North Korea will “continue bolstering the capabilities for self-defence and pre-emptive attack with the nuclear force as the pivot as long as the US and its vassal forces persist in nuclear threat”, the report said. It boasted about Pyongyang’s new capability to strike “the heart of the US” and a new “status” as a “world-class nuclear power”. — IANS
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