North Korea, Kim strengthens defense: nuclear test fears

The news coming from Pyongyang, where the meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party, chaired by leader Kim Jong Un, has laid the foundations for a “rapid strengthening of the national defense capabilities “with the definition of an” important military action plan “intended to strengthen” deterrence even more “. Kim has ordered a strengthening of the country’s defense capability with additional tasks to the army units on the front line, an announcement that analysts interpret as a preparation for the deployment of nuclear weapons on the border with South Korea. To this end, reported the official media, responding to the strategic indication of the Central Committee of the Party, “a plan has been ratified for the revision of the military organizational structure”. In what is defined “a historical discussion of great significance to further intensify the leadership of the Party on military affairs and significantly increase the combat efficiency “of the armed forces of Pyongyang, Kim allegedly stressed” the need for the whole army to do its utmost “also to consolidate” in every way the powerful self-defense capabilities to get the better of any hostile force and thus reliably protect the dignity of the great country and the safety of its grand and people “.