{"id":2413606,"date":"2025-03-18T03:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T07:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-vows-to-update-and-strengthen-its-nuclear-capabilities-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T03:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T07:12:02","slug":"north-korea-vows-to-update-and-strengthen-its-nuclear-capabilities-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-vows-to-update-and-strengthen-its-nuclear-capabilities-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea vows to \u2018update and strengthen\u2019 its nuclear capabilities &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-korea-vows-to-update-and-strengthen-its-nuclear-capabilities-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413606&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">North Korea vows to &lsquo;update and strengthen&rsquo; its nuclear capabilities<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2042249\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">North Korea<\/a> has vowed it will increase its nuclear capabilities, the country&rsquo;s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. The bold statement by the communist country comes after diplomats at the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/g7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">G7<\/a> foreign ministers&rsquo; meeting demanded that North Korea halt its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nuclear-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">nuclear weapons<\/a> program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We demanded that the DPRK abandon all its nuclear weapons and any other weapons of mass destruction as well as ballistic missile programs in accordance with all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions,&rdquo; read a joint <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/joint-statement-of-the-g7-foreign-ministers-meeting-in-charlevoix\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> released by the G7 Foreign Ministers&rsquo; Meeting. &ldquo;We expressed our serious concerns over, and the need to address together, the DPRK&rsquo;s cryptocurrency thefts. We called on DPRK to resolve the abductions issue immediately.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3350790\/trump-nominates-bryan-bedford-lead-faa\/\">Trump nominates Bryan Bedford to lead FAA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3350760\/elite-gridiron-club-dinner-breaks-tradition-refusing-toast-trump\/\">Elite Gridiron Club Dinner breaks 140-year tradition by refusing to toast to Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3350759\/gaza-ceasefire-ends-israel-launches-airstrikes-hamas\/\">Gaza ceasefire ends as Israel launches massive wave of airstrikes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The North Korean government has asserted that it will never relinquish its nuclear capabilities and that having such weapons is embedded in its laws, with North Korea&rsquo;s Foreign Ministry <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2025\/03\/17\/North-Korea-rejects-G7-denuclearization-call-vows-to-strengthen-nuclear-forces\/6131742202005\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declaring<\/a> it is&nbsp; &ldquo;fixed permanently by the supreme law of its state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The DPRK&rsquo;s nuclear-armed forces will exist forever as a powerful means of justice which defends the sovereignty of the state, territorial integrity and fundamental interests, prevents a war in the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia and guarantees a strategic stability of the world,&rdquo; officials from North Korea said in a statement to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3346448\/trump-plans-relocating-palestinians-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP INDICATES CHANGE OF HEART FOR PLANS TO RELOCATE PALESTINIANS OUT OF GAZA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The DPRK will steadily update and strengthen its nuclear-armed forces both in quality and quantity in response to the nuclear threat from outside,&rdquo; the DPRK added.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, North Korea claimed that its nuclear program is an integral part of its defense program. Officials said the weapons are a deterrence to &ldquo;war in the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia and guarantees a strategic stability of the world,&rdquo; according to <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/north-korea-vows-strengthen-nuclear-capabilities-rejecting-g7\/story?id=119863541\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABC News<\/a><\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2042249\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2042249\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea vows to \u2018update and strengthen\u2019 its nuclear capabilities North Korea has vowed it will increase its nuclear capabilities, the country\u2019s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. The bold statement by the communist country comes after diplomats at the recent G7 foreign ministers\u2019 meeting demanded that North Korea halt its nuclear weapons program. \u201cWe demanded<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2413607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25028833112232.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25028833112232.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2413607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}