North Korea Strengthens Its Nuclear Power, Condemns US-South Korea-Japan Precision On Denuclearization

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JAKARTA - North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs insists it will continue to strengthen its nuclear power. North Korea condemned the agreement with the United States, South Korea, and Japan recently on its denuclearization.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi held talks on Saturday last week on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich and issued a statement reaffirming their commitment to North Korea's full denuclearization.

Pyongyang's Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized these countries for carrying out plans that were 'developed and unreasonable'.

North Korea warned against doing what it called stupid actions that trigger hostility and collective conflict.

"As long as the threat of hostility to the US and its followers is still there, the nuclear DPRK is a means to maintain peace and sovereignty as well as legitimate self-defense facilities entrusted by the state constitution," an unnamed ministry spokesman said in a statement broadcast by KCNA.

North Korea vowed to continue to strengthen its nuclear power.

Meanwhile, South Korea's Foreign Ministry urged North Korea to stop its illicit weapons program and return to denuclearization.

North Korea will never be recognized as a country that has nuclear weapons, ministry spokesman Lee Jae-woong said.

"We hope they realize that the development of nuclear weapons and missiles will only hamper the security and economic development of their own," he added.

The three-party meeting is the first since the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, who held an unprecedented summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his first term and praised their personal relationship.

South Korean lawmakers after receiving briefing from the National Intelligence Service said Pyongyang's recent missile tests were partly meant to "show off US deterrent assets and attract Trump's attention."

The South Korean military said it had deployed a new bunker destroyer missile developed domestically called the Korean Tactical Surface to Surface Missile (KTSSM).

The missile is dubbed Ure, which means thunder in Korean capable of carrying out simultaneous and precise attacks in a short span of time against North Korea's long-range artillery system that could threaten the Seoul area in the event of an emergency.