North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Workers’ Party Congress in Pyongyang on January 6 2019. – / AP / SIPA
Two weeks before his inauguration, Joe Biden already knows what international policy file he will find on his desk as President of the United States . North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday undertook to strengthen the defense capabilities of his country, already a nuclear power.
In a report presented at the Congress of the Workers’ Party, the North Korean leader pledged to bring “the defense capabilities of the state to a level much higher, and to set goals to achieve this, ”reported the official KCNA news agency. This 8th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) opened on Tuesday in Pyongyang .
Between insults and handshakes, Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump had their ups and downs. But the latter never inspired the
North Korea the hatred she has for Joe Biden, a “mad dog” who should be “beaten to death”. For his part, the president-elect called Kim Jong-un a “thug”. Since February 310, Kim-Trump relations are nevertheless at a standstill.
Military parade
KCNA did not make any reference to nuclear weapons, and did not specify the nature of the defense goals to be achieved. But during a military parade last October, Pyongyang displayed a missile that experts said was the largest intercontinental missile ever. Since then, satellite images have shown “the intensification of preparations for a parade.”