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The Independent UK
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Hyung-Jin Kim

North Korea threatens to boost nuke capability in reaction to US-South Korea deterrence guidelines

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North Korea threatened Saturday to boost its nuclear fighting capability and make the U.S. and South Korea pay “an unimaginably harsh price” as it slammed its rivals’ new defense guidelines that it says reveal an intention to invade the North.

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