Kim Jong-un orders North Korea’s nuclear programme to proceed at ‘maximum speed’
Kim Jong-un makes defiant speech at military parade warning other countries against provoking his nation
Kim Jong-un has vowed to bolster North Korea’s nuclear forces at “maximum speed” in a defiant speech during a massive military parade on Monday night.
In his speech, Mr Kim also made an open threat that North Korea would use its “nuclear forces” against countries that provoked it.
Marking the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army, the parade showcased the country’s largest-known intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), among other weapons.
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