North Korea says its nuclear weapons pose threat only to US and not other countries(Source ibtimes.co.uk) North Korea has claimed that its nuclear weapons will pose a threat only to the US, and not the rest of the world. The latest comments from the Kim Jong-un regime come as tensions ease a bit after a heated war of words between the administration of US President Donald Trump and North Korea. “The US has exaggerated that we’re posing a grave threat to the entire world … But we won’t initiate or threaten a nuclear attack against any countries in the world, unless they participate in anti-North military actions by the US,” it said. The current tensions in the Korean peninsula started increasing following multiple missile tests by North Korea. While some have failed, how-far-can-north-koreas-icbm-reach-all-us-within-strike-range-threatens-kim-jong-“_blank” two intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests in July raised concerns about the possibility of Pyongyang striking a US target. It later emerged that the Kim regime had worked out how to miniaturize nuclear warheads to be transported via ICBM, though there are doubts over their reliability.
“(North Korea) has not pursued nuclear and rocket development secretly. Instead, all processes of weapon development have been transparently disclosed, as part of (the North’s) efforts to deter a war,” the paper claimed. However, Seoul-based Yonhap news agency noted that the North Korean newspaper’s commentary is viewed as part of the reclusive state’s efforts to ease its isolation after the UN Security Council slapped harsher economic sanctions on Pyongyang over its repeated missiles launches.