Kim Jong-un said, "Enhance without limits of nuclear force..."All-out efforts to complete preparations for war"

North Korean media "Kim Jong-un speaks in front of officers on the 15th"
Kim Jong-un said, "Enhance without limitation of nuclear force...All-out preparation for war"
"Nuclear Force Strengthening Line is already irreversible...All that's left is operational readiness.

[Anchor]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has insisted that he will strengthen nuclear force without limits and focus all his efforts on completing war preparations.

There was no mention of Trump's election, but it also included Chairman Kim's first message to the U.S. since the U.S. presidential election.

I'm connecting with the reporter. Reporter Hong Seon-ki!

Please deliver the contents of Chairman Kim's speech.

[Reporter]
Yes, the Korean Central News Agency reported in detail this morning Chairman Kim's speech at the second day of the 4th North Korean battalion commander and battalion political leadership meeting held on the 14th and 15th.

It was a speech in front of political officers in charge of ideological education for battalion chiefs and soldiers at all levels, and Chairman Kim insisted that he would strengthen nuclear force without limits and focus all his efforts on completing war preparations.The

nuclear force enhancement line has long been an irreversible policy, he said, stressing that all that is left is to have a more complete operational readiness.

He also argued that military cooperation between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan is a critical factor in jeopardizing peace and stability.

In case of emergency, he said, it would be no wonder that the United States and its followers would appear in the Korean Peninsula with signs such as NATO, not the United Nations.

It also claimed that the U.S. and the West are gaining hands-on experience by waging war with Russia with Ukraine as a charge, but did not mention sending North Korean troops.

There was no direct response to Trump's election, but this is the first time Chairman Kim has made critical remarks targeting the U.S. after the U.S. presidential election.

It is also noteworthy that the speech, which took place on the 15th, was released three days later, not the next day.

[Anchor]
In the midst of this, North Korea resumed its provocation of garbage balloons early this morning, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea sent about 40 trash balloons containing leaflets to the South early this morning.

He explained that about 20 of them were found to have fallen in the metropolitan area.

As a result of the analysis, the contents of the balloon were South Korean shear, and there were no substances that were harmful to safety.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a warning against North Korea today over the North's dumping of garbage balloons, warning against further testing the South Korean military's patience.

He emphasized that North Korea's actions are crossing the line and that North Korea is responsible for all subsequent events.

North Korea has not provided garbage balloons since the 24th of last month, but on the 17th, Kim Yo-jong, vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party, blasted a South Korean civilian group's leaflets to the North and blew them again early this morning.

Kim Yo Jong, vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party, said in a statement yesterday, "We will pay for the discovery of anti-North Korean leaflets in North Korea," but the balloon sent today is interpreted as a follow-up measure.

I'm Hong Seon-ki of YTN in the political department.