South Korea says to boost defence capacity to counter North Korean threat

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and he urged North Korea to immediately end its nuclear weapon and missile programmes.

On Saturday, North Korean state media said the government's key nuclear negotiator had been promoted to foreign minister, as leader Kim Jong Un vowed to his ruling party that he would use"power for power" to fight threats to the country's sovereignty.

Kim announced goals to boost the country's military power and defence research to protect North Korea's sovereign rights, state news agency KCNA said in a report of a Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. Lee and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday condemned the North's ongoing military activities and preparations for a nuclear test as unacceptable provocations.

 

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