North Korea vowed on Monday to strengthen its defences amid concerns the country may conduct a nuclear test as a follow-up to last month’s long-range rocket launch.
Citing US hostility, Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry said in a memorandum that North Korea will ‘continue to strengthen its deterrence against all forms of war.’
The memorandum carried by state media did not say what action North Korea would take to defend itself. However, North Korea has claimed the right to build atomic weapons to protect itself from the United States, which stations more than 28,000 troops in South Korea.
North Korea sent a satellite into space on December 12 aboard a long-range rocket, a launch that the US and its allies have criticized as a test of banned ballistic missile technology.
Citing US hostility, Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry said in a memorandum that North Korea will ‘continue to strengthen its deterrence against all forms of war.’
The memorandum carried by state media did not say what action North Korea would take to defend itself. However, North Korea has claimed the right to build atomic weapons to protect itself from the United States, which stations more than 28,000 troops in South Korea.
North Korea sent a satellite into space on December 12 aboard a long-range rocket, a launch that the US and its allies have criticized as a test of banned ballistic missile technology.