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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Justin McCurry in Osaka and agencies

Kim Jong-un vows to ‘exponentially’ increase nuclear warhead production

New super-large multiple rocker launchers are presented before a plenary meeting of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea at an undisclosed location, in a photo released on Sunday by North Korean state media
New super-large multiple rocker launchers are presented before a plenary meeting of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea at an undisclosed location, in a photo released on Sunday by North Korean state media. Photograph: North Korea's Korean Central News Agency/Reuters

Kim Jong-un has vowed to ramp up the production of nuclear warheads and build a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), while singling out South Korea as his country’s “undoubted enemy”, North Korean state media reported on Sunday.

In a sign of deepening animosity towards the US, South Korea and Japan, Kim called for an “exponential increase” in the regime’s nuclear arsenal during an address at a plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ party that ended on Saturday.

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