SEOUL, Jan 20 — North Korea hinted Thursday it could resume its nuclear and long-range ballistic missile tests, as top officials led by Kim Jong-un said the country was preparing for a “long-term confrontation” with the United States, state-run media reported.
A meeting of the party Central Committee’s politburo “gave an instruction to a sector concerned... to promptly examine the issue of restarting” all activities that had been temporarily suspended, state media KCNA reported, in a likely reference to Pyongyang’s nuclear and ICBM programs. The potential resumption of nuclear and long-range ballistic missile tests come at a delicate time in the region, with Kim’s sole major ally China set to host the Winter Olympics next month and South Korea gearing up for a presidential election in March.
The agency said the politburo unanimously agreed that North Korea should “make more thorough preparation for a long-term confrontation with the US imperialists,” as well as “increase our physical strength for defending” the rights and interests of the nation.
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