{"id":872320,"date":"2021-10-12T18:44:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T22:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=872320"},"modified":"2021-10-12T18:44:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T22:44:14","slug":"kim-jong-un-announces-north-korea-seeking-invincible-military-blames-u-s-for-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-announces-north-korea-seeking-invincible-military-blames-u-s-for-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un Announces North Korea Seeking \u2018Invincible Military\u2019, Blames U.S. For Tensions"},"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%2Fkim-jong-un-announces-north-korea-seeking-invincible-military-blames-u-s-for-tensions%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=872320&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/NK-Military-parage.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Communist dictator Kim Jong Un says that North Korea is building an \u201cinvincible army\u201d to protect itself and accused the United States of causing trouble in the region by treating it as \u201chostile.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe U.S. has frequently signaled it\u2019s not hostile to our state, but there is no action-based evidence to make us believe that they are not hostile,\u201d Kim <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-south-korea-seoul-united-states-60c8d0cce730fa25edcb2697df72254f\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> on Monday, as reported by the Korean Central News Agency, North Korea\u2019s state-run media. \u201cThe U.S. is continuing to create tensions in the region with its wrong judgments and actions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Communist leader pinned any increase in tensions in the Korean Peninsula on the U.S., arguing that it was being aggressive toward his nation. The solution he offered was to ward off any attacks on the nation by creating an \u201cinvincible military capability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His comments, which occurred in commemoration of the 76th Anniversary of the Workers Party, also included military displays. The displays featured an exhibit of new intercontinental ballistic missiles with a military parade and jets flying over, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-south-korea-seoul-united-states-60c8d0cce730fa25edcb2697df72254f\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to the Associated Press.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other reports detailed how one of the displayed road intercontinental ballistic missiles would be one of the biggest of its kind. <\/span><span>\u201cThis missile is a monster,\u201d Melissa Hanham of the Open Nuclear Network said <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/uk-northkorea-missiles-idUKKBN26V01I\"><span>per<\/span><\/a><span> Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In his speech at the commemoration, Kim claimed that North Korea\u2019s increasing show of military force and technology was solely for defensive purposes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are not discussing war with anyone, but rather to prevent war itself and to literally increase war deterrence for the protection of national sovereignty,\u201d he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/asia-pacific\/576305-north-koreas-kim-rips-us-promises-invincible-military\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kim took the opportunity to assert that he didn\u2019t expect war with South Korea.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI say once again that South Korea isn\u2019t the one that our military forces have to fight against,\u201d Kim noted. \u201cSurely, we aren\u2019t strengthening our defense capability because of South Korea. We shouldn\u2019t repeat a horrible history of compatriots using force against each other.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some experts say though that North Korea\u2019s weapons build-up is part of Kim\u2019s way of demonstrating that his country could survive an attack by either South Korea or the United States.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMore generally, Kim wants to show us that his deterrent is not only \u2018complete,\u2019 but that he continues to work on improving survivability and penetrability against both [South Korea] and the U.S., like \u2018normal\u2019 nuclear powers do,\u201d Vipin Narang, a nuclear security expert at MIT, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/north-korea-bolster-military-us-tension-source-claim-17d61738-00f7-47c2-af0e-574f972ca9f5.html\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> to the Washington Post.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His speech also touched on economic issues.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI am ashamed that I have never been able to repay you properly for your enormous trust,\u201d Kim added, thanking his citizens for their patience as economic progress in North Korea remains stagnant. \u201cMy efforts and devotion were not sufficient to bring our people out of difficult livelihoods.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though relations with North Korea have seemingly not been a major priority yet this term, the Biden administration did <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/north-korea-kim-jong-un-confrontation-6302c04d-a884-4fb7-8d77-f83a0fd6eed4.html\"><span>say<\/span><\/a><span> that it was \u201copen to and will explore diplomacy.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, Kim does not seem content with his most recent speech saying that the U.S. was acting \u201chostile\u201d toward the country. Some analysts argue that this is from the strict sanctions imposed on North Korea by the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i> member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communist dictator Kim Jong Un says that North Korea is building an \u201cinvincible army\u201d to protect itself and accused the United States of causing trouble in the region by treating &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-872320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872320","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}