[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 Lee Jong Won!
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 early this morning that North Korea is providing objects believed to be dirt and garbage balloons from the South.
Considering the wind direction, he cautioned that balloons could move to Gyeonggi Province and the metropolitan area.
North Korea's balloon provocation is the first in three weeks since the 23rd of last month, and it is already the 31st time this year.
Kim Yo-jong, vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, announced yesterday that he would pay for the rediscovery of anti-North Korean leaflets in North Korea, which is interpreted as a follow-up measure.
I'm Lee Jongwon of YTN in the political department.
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