North Korea says it will continue to enhance its nuclear weapons program to defend itself from the U.S. The North Korean envoy issued the warning at the United Nations General Assembly in New York while underscoring the tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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00:00North Korea says it will continue to enhance its nuclear weapons program to defend itself
00:05from the U.S. and South Korea.
00:07Kim Jong-un, South Korean President Kim Song-un, North Korean President Kim Jong-un, South
00:14Korean President Kim Jong-un, North Korean President Kim Jong-un, South Korean President
00:21Kim Song, North Korea's ambassador to the UN, said that the situation is extremely tense
00:35on the Korean peninsula.
00:37Song added that North Korea will continue to enhance its, quote, war deterrence capabilities.
00:44He also blamed joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises for forcing the North to
00:49ramp up its nuclear weapons program.