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N. Korea hints at restart of nuke or missile tests: KCNA
Weapons - a test launch of a hypersonic missile on Jan. 11, 2022 in North Korea. KCNA via AP file
Seoul, Jan 20 - North Korea on Thursday hinted it could resume its nuclear and long-range ballistic missile tests, as a politburo meeting run by leader Kim Jong Un prepared for a "long-term confrontation" with the United States, state-run media reported.
The meeting of the party Central Committee's Political Bureau "gave an instruction to a sector concerned... to promptly examine the issue of restarting" all activities that had been temporarily suspended, KCNA reported, in a likely reference to Pyongyang's nuclear and ICBM programs.
"The hostile policy and military threat by the US have reached a danger line that can not be overlooked anymore," KCNA said. - AFP