The comments made by North Korea's leader offer the first significant signals of how he intends to approach his relationship with the new administration in the White House.
Kim Jong calls US war monster, says North Korea will develop more nuclear tech
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. Updated: 09 Jan 2021, 10:48 AM IST Bloomberg
Kim Jong Un will put North Korea on a path to develop more advanced nuclear technologies and missiles, sending a chilling warning to President-elect Joe Biden that the Asian leader is ready to ratchet up security tensions.
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Kim Jong Un will put North Korea on a path to develop more advanced nuclear technologies and missiles, sending a chilling warning to President-elect Joe Biden that the Asian leader is ready to ratchet up security tensions.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks at the ruling party congress in Pyongyang
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the United States is his nuclear-armed nation s biggest enemy , as he threw down the diplomatic gauntlet to the incoming administration of Joe Biden, state media reported on Saturday.
The declaration comes less than two weeks ahead of the new US president s inauguration and after a tumultuous relationship between Kim and outgoing leader Donald Trump.
But little substantive progress was made, with the process deadlocked after their February 2019 meeting in Hanoi broke down over sanctions relief and what Pyongyang would be willing to give up in return.
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“Our foreign political activities should be focused and redirected on subduing the US, our biggest enemy and main obstacle to our innovated development,” Kim said during nine hours of remarks over several days at a rare party congress in Pyongyang.