Seoul: North Korea has passed a law declaring its readiness to launch preventive nuclear strikes, including in the face of conventional attacks, state media said.
The move effectively eliminates the possibility of denuclearisation talks, with leader Kim Jong-un saying the country’s status as a nuclear state was now “irreversible”.
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