North Korea Declares Denuclearisation Irreversibly Terminated as U.S.-South Korea Hold Nuclear Deterrence Talks
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Updated · Reuters · Jun 13
North Korea Declares Denuclearisation Irreversibly Terminated as U.S.-South Korea Hold Nuclear Deterrence Talks
3 articles · Updated · Reuters · Jun 13
Summary
North Korea said Sunday that denuclearisation is "irreversibly" over, declaring its status as a nuclear weapons state cannot be changed.
The statement directly attacked last week's U.S.-South Korea Nuclear Consultative Group meeting in Seoul, where officials discussed stronger nuclear deterrence and readiness against Pyongyang's expanding weapons programme.
KCNA carried the foreign ministry spokesperson's remarks, which said Washington and its "vassal forces" were using empty rhetoric while deepening what Pyongyang called a nuclear threat.
The declaration signals North Korea is publicly shutting the door again on any future denuclearisation agenda as military and nuclear coordination between Seoul and Washington intensifies.