North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un ramped up his nuclear threats amid escalating international tensions—vowing to strengthen his arsenal “without limitation.”
The supreme leader made the comments during a speech to military officials in which he also hit out at the U.S., according to state media reports on Monday. Kim told the Conference of Battalion Commanders and Political Instructors of the Korean People’s Army that such war preparations were necessary because his country’s enemies had embarked on “frantic” military confrontations against them.
The latest rhetoric comes amid increasingly fraught international relations, stretching well beyond Asia. Tensions have been ratcheting up for months with democratic neighbor South Korea, and relations worsening further as the pair have taken different sides in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Last month, North Korea—which has a nuclear arsenal—saw Kim amend the …