SEOUL, 01 May 2022, (TON): State media reported “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has repeated his warning that Pyongyang could “preemptively” use its nuclear weaponry to counter hostile forces.”

The official KCNA news agency reported “Kim told top military officers that to maintain the absolute superiority of North Korea’s armed forces, the country should be able to preemptively and thoroughly contain and frustrate all dangerous attempts and threatening moves, if necessary.”

Kim said “Pyongyang should continue to build up its arsenal so that it can have the “overwhelming military muscle that no force in the world can provoke.”

The leader’s comments followed similar remarks at a military parade on Monday, when he said “he could use his atomic arsenal if North Korea’s fundamental interests were threatened.”

Kim made his latest comments at a meeting with top brass to praise their work on Monday’s parade, which commemorated the 90th anniversary of the country’s armed forces and showcased its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missiles.