Korea's Unification Ministry predicts that tensions on Korean Peninsula to continue

South Korea's Ministry of Unification said on January 17th that "North Korea is sticking to its hard-line stance toward the South," and predicted that "tensions on the Korean Peninsula will continue."

In a pending issue report to the National Assembly's Foreign Relations and Unification Committee, the Ministry of Unification said, "North Korea has reaffirmed its hostile relationship with South Korea and has strengthened its threat while maintaining a hard-line stance."

At the general meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea at the end of last year, North Korean leader Kim Jung Eun said, "The current situation in which the puppets of South Korea are undoubtedly standing in the way of our clear enemies, It highlights the importance and necessity of mass production of tactical nuclear weapons, and calls for a geometrical increase in the country's stockpile of nuclear warheads."

In addition, at the presentation ceremony of the super-large multiple launchers (600 mm), he made a threatening remark, saying, "It is an offensive weapon that can be equipped with tactical nuclear weapons and has a range that covers the whole of South Korea."

The Ministry of Unification said, "North Korea opposes South Korea's defense posture by regarding it as an 'unreasonable armament buildup,' and adheres to the 'principle of fighting against the enemy.' We're teasing what's to come."

"By making the threat of tactical nuclear weapons blatant, North Korea is raising the level of its hostility even further."