North Korea criticizes South Korea's push for nuclear-powered submarines at the UN General Assembly
North Korea's remarks on nuclear submarines have heightened security anxiety on the Korean Peninsula and nuclear arms tensions Take a quick look at the key issues at the UN General Assembly and the background of tensions between North Korea and the US, and between North Korea and South Korea
North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Songyong claimed in a UN General Assembly speech that South Korea's push to introduce nuclearpowered submarines makes security on the Korean Peninsula and in the surrounding region more unstable.
He criticized the United States for approving South Korea's possession of nuclear submarines and deploying missiles and drones to the region. In a separate memorandum, North Korea's Foreign Ministry also described this as a measure that undermines the political and military security environment in the AsiaPacific.
In this statement, North Korea emphasized that its nuclear forces are intended to prevent external aggression, and reaffirmed its position that its status as a nuclearweapon state is irreversible. It also referred to joint South KoreaU.S. military exercises and protested that the United States and its allies are preparing for nuclear war.