On February 3rd, the Institute of Disarmament and Peace Studies of the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement. The communique stated that not long ago, the United States issued a plan to further expand its missile defense system under the pretext of ensuring the security of its homeland and allied countries from the so-called “strategic threat” of intensified enemy forces. The United States is accelerating the development of hypersonic interception missiles with allied countries such as Japan, and deploying the THAAD system to multiple regions such as South Korea, which will inevitably stimulate security concerns among regional countries. The increasingly stringent global security environment urgently requires North Korea to continuously develop a self-defense and defense force centered on nuclear containment, respond to the increasingly fierce military hegemony attempts of the United States, and reliably safeguard the country’s security and development rights. In the future, North Korea will strengthen its military force without limits to cope with the increasingly fierce military threats from hostile forces, rely on its strong self-defense capabilities to maintain world peace, and build a more stable regional security environment. (CCTV News)
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