LEADER Kim Jong-un will unveil plans to bolster his nuclear forces at an upcoming ruling party meeting, state media reported, after a missile launch he said would bring “excruciating mental agony” to his enemies.
The landmark congress of North Korea’s ruling Workers Party is expected in the coming weeks and is its first in five years.
Kim has ordered the “expansion” and modernisation of the country’s missile production ahead of that meeting.
Overseeing a ballistic missile test on Tuesday, Kim said the party congress “will clarify the next-stage plans for further bolstering up the country’s nuclear war deterrent”, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Kim, accompanied by senior North Korean officials as well as his young daughter, watched the test-firing of a “large-calibre” multiple rocket launcher that fired four missiles, KCNA said.
“The result and significance of this test will be a source of excruciating mental agony and serious threat to the forces that attempt to provoke a military confrontation with us,” Kim said. — AFP
