{"id":21352,"date":"2022-04-26T11:49:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T11:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=21352"},"modified":"2022-04-26T11:49:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T11:49:38","slug":"kim-jong-un-wants-to-speed-up-nuclear-weapons-programme-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/04\/26\/kim-jong-un-wants-to-speed-up-nuclear-weapons-programme-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un wants to speed up nuclear weapons programme development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to speed up his country\u2019s nuclear weapons program development.<\/p>\n

The North Korean leader said this at a military parade this week, according to state media<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Nuclear capabilities must be boosted at the fastest pace; Kim was reported as saying by state-controlled KCNA on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This is according to South Korea\u2019s Yonhap news agency.<\/p>\n

Kim delivered the speech at a military parade in central Pyongyang celebrating the 90th founding anniversary of the Korean People\u2019s Revolutionary<\/a> Army, Yonhap reported.<\/p>\n

The event was late on Monday.<\/p>\n

Strategic weapons including a \u201cHwasong-17\u2019\u2019, a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile, were reportedly part of the parade, was\u00a0 a demonstration of the country\u2019s military strength.<\/p>\n

Previous parades staged to celebrate public<\/a> holidays had\u00a0 \u00a0been used to show off new military hardware, including ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n

North Korea tested a suspected intercontinental missile in late March in defiance of UN resolutions that banned the testing of nuclear-capable missiles of any range.<\/p>\n

The country was subjected to strict sanctions on account of its nuclear weapons programe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n