North Korea said deployment of U.S. aircraft carriers, bombers or missile submarines in South Korea could meet criteria for its use of nuclear weapons, state media KCNA reported, citing the country’s defense minister, Kang Sun Nam. | Reuters
DPRK is short for the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
“The phase of a military clash on the Korean peninsula has surfaced as a dangerous reality,” the KCNA report said. “North Korea will get no concessions from the South Korea-U.S. alliance for its nuclear development and threats which will only lead to worsening isolation and hardships,” the South Korean ministry said in a statement.
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