Kim Jong Un warned that North Korea would debut a “new strategic weapon" this year, saying that he was no longer bound by his self-imposed decision to freeze major weapons testing for more than two years. The comments were released early New Year’s Day in North Korea, an occasion when Kim has previously made a televised address announcing big policy shifts. Kim didn’t specify what the new strategic weapon was, or when it would be deployed. North Korea had expressed increasing frustration with the US since Trump walked out of their last formal summit in February. North Korea had suggested a “Christmas gift" would be forthcoming after demanding additional concessions as part of the stalled nuclear talks.

Source: Mint December 31, 2019 23:48 UTC