North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced plans to expand his country’s nuclear weapons stockpile while inspecting a naval destroyer. He accused the U.S. and South Korea of including nuclear elements in joint military drills, which Pyongyang views as invasion rehearsals. Seoul and Washington insist the exercises are defensive. South Korea’s defense ministry said live-fire drills will continue despite border tensions. Experts warn of possible North Korean retaliation, while President Lee Jae-myung urged peace and de-escalation on the peninsula.
North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un has announced plans to expand the country’s nuclear weapons stockpile. He made the declaration on Monday (August 18) while inspecting the naval destroyer Cho Hyon and receiving a report on the vessel’s weapons systems.
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