North Korea has stressed the importance of strong defense capabilities in containing military threats in the ruling party’s new policy, state media reported.
The new amendments were adopted at the fifth day session of the Eighth Party Congress in Pyongyang, a day after leader Kim Jong Un described the United States as the country’s “first major enemy” and pledged to reinforce its nuclear arsenal, the Korean Central News Agency reported. (KCNA).
“(The introduction) made it clear that strong defense capabilities would mainly contain military threats and protect the stability and peaceful environment on the Korean Peninsula,” the report said..
The agency said that the amendment reflects North Korea’s “firm position” to establish lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula and push for unification on the basis of strong military strength..
Pyongyang added in the introduction that it would steadfastly support the “armed forces of the republic politically, ideologically and in military technology.”“.
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