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Chief of KPA General Staff on DPRK's Intention to Bolster Its Nuclear Deterrent

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, April 8 (KCNA) -- The DPRK will bolster its self-defensive nuclear deterrent in face of the U.S. moves to stifle the DPRK. Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army Kim Yong Chun, who is also member of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, reclarified this position in a report made at a national meeting held at the April 25 House of Culture here Friday to mark the 12th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's election as chairman of the NDC.
    He said:
    The U.S. has become evermore desperate in its efforts to stifle the DPRK and consequently a grave situation is prevailing in the Korean Peninsula.
    The United States chiefly to blame for the present deadlock of the six-party talks is working hard to bring down the system in the DPRK, while frantically staging large-scale war exercises under various codenames meant for invading the DPRK.
    The U.S. persistent hostile policy toward the DPRK will only prompt Pyongyang to further consolidate the single-minded unity of its revolutionary ranks and bolster its self-defensive nuclear deterrent under the banner of Songun. If the U.S. imperialists defy our repeated warnings and dare launch a war of aggression on the peninsula, the army and people of the DPRK under the great Songun commander will turn out as one in a just war and mercilessly wipe out the aggressors and win a final victory in the stand-off with the U.S.
    He also underlined the need for the servicepersons and people to equip themselves with the Juche-based view on war and always keep themselves fully ready to go into action to resolutely frustrate the U.S. moves for a new war.