North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is calling for an “exponential” increase in the production of nuclear warheads.
- Un also ordered the development of a new intercontinental ballistic missile to counter the United States and South Korea.
- Kim’s statement was released on state media on Sunday, hours after North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile off its east coast in a rare late-night New Year’s Day weapons test.
During his comments, Kim accused Washington and Seoul of carrying out a “plot to isolate and stifle” North Korea, calling it “unparalleled in human history.”