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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the construction site of an 8,700-tonne nuclear-powered submarine capable of launching surface-to-air missiles on Wednesday [KCNA via Reuters]<\/p>\nKim Jong Un made the comments while inspecting a North Korean nuclear submarine facility on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has hit out at a new nuclear submarine deal between the United States and South Korea, describing it as a threat to the stability of the Korean Peninsula as he toured his country\u2019s submarine production facility, according to North Korean state media.<\/p>\n
Kim said the deal between Seoul and Washington was an \u201coffensive act severely violating [Pyongyang\u2019s] security and maritime sovereignty and a threat to security that must be countered\u201d, according to state news outlet KCNA.<\/p>\n
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It was now urgent to \u201cfurther accelerate the radical development of the modernisation and nuclear weaponisation of the naval force\u201d of North Korea, Kim said, according to the report.<\/p>\n
Kim made the remarks as he toured a facility on Wednesday where Pyongyang is working on an \u201c8,700-tonnage nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine\u201d.<\/p>\n
The North Korean leader on Wednesday also oversaw the test firing of a new high-altitude long-range anti-air missile into the Sea of Japan, according to KCNA, which the news outlet referred to as the \u201cEast Sea of Korea\u201d.<\/p>\n
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the construction site of an 8,700-tonne nuclear-powered submarine capable of launching surface-to-air missiles on Wednesday [KCNA via Reuters]<\/p>\n
KCNA reported that the test was successful, and the missile successfully hit a mock target at an altitude of 200 kilometres (124 miles).<\/p>\n
The developments came as Seoul said it was pursuing a \u201cstandalone deal\u201d with the US to acquire nuclear-powered submarine technology, according to South Korea\u2019s Yonhap news agency.<\/p>\n
US law bans the transfer of nuclear material for military use, but South Korea could receive an exemption from US President Donald Trump, the East Asian country\u2019s national security adviser, Wi Sung-lac, told the media following a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright.<\/p>\n
Australia pursued a similar deal with the US to build its own nuclear-powered submarines, Wi said, and talks with Washington are expected to begin early next year.<\/p>\n
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A long-range surface-to-air missile is test-fired near the Sea of Japan, December 24, 2025 [KCNA via Reuters]<\/p>\n
Separately on Wednesday, Russian leader Vladimir Putin also sent Kim a New Year\u2019s greeting, thanking him for his ongoing military support for the war in Ukraine. North Korea has deployed thousands of soldiers since 2024 to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, and in parts of Russia that Ukrainian soldiers briefly grabbed in counteroffensive operations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe heroic entry of soldiers of the Korean People\u2019s Army into the battles for liberating the Kursk region from occupiers and the subsequent activities of Korean engineers in the land of Russia clearly proved the invincible friendship and militant fraternity\u201d between Russia and North Korea, Putin said, according to a report by KCNA.<\/p>\n
Putin also hailed the success of a \u201ccomprehensive strategic partnership\u201d treaty signed between Moscow and Pyongyang in 2024, KCNA said, stating that in the future, he hoped to \u201cstrengthen the relations of friendship and alliance in every way and conduct constructive cooperation on regional and international issues\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un made the comments while inspecting a North Korean nuclear submarine facility on Wednesday. Published On…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6109,43,22372,14207,44,20063,714,18262,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-367676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-asia-pacific","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-kim-jong-un","11":"tag-military","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-north-korea","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-south-korea","16":"tag-top-news","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-topnews","19":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}