SEOUL, March 24, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - North Korea will never give up nuclear weapons, leader Kim Jong Un said, indicating that the country will soon designate South Korea the "most hostile state", state media reported Tuesday. "We will continue to firmly consolidate our status as a nuclear-armed state as an irreversible course, while aggressively stepping up our struggle against hostile forces," Kim told the Supreme People's Assembly. "We will designate South Korea as the most hostile state and deal with it by thoroughly rejecting and disregarding it," Kim said. "The United States and its allies are constantly bringing nuclear strategic assets into the areas surrounding our country, shaking the foundations of regional security," Kim said. Such feats "shattered... false claims of hostile forces that there can be no prosperity without nuclear abandonment", he said.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 24, 2026 03:46 UTC