SEOUL: North Korea denied yesterday ever admitting to US officials that it had a secret nuclear weapons programme and said it will unleash a “sea of fire” if the United States persists in challenging the communist country.
The warning, issued over the North’s state-run media and reported by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, came just hours ahead of a much-anticipated visit to South Korea by US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly.
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