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- **Posted:** 2024-01-04T00:07:27.000+00:00
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared that he will no longer seek reunification with South Korea, announcing plans to bolster its military arsenal in 2024.⁠
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 Kim went on to describe North-South relations as those between “two hostile countries,” asserting that South Korea has become a colonized state dependent on the U.S. for defense, reported CNN.⁠
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“I believe that it is a mistake that we must no longer make to deal with the people who declare us as ‘the main enemy’ and seek only opportunities for ‘[our] regime collapse’ and ‘unification by absorption’ by collaborating for reconciliation and unification,” said Kim.⁠
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In response, South Korea’s defense ministry warned of overwhelming retaliation in the face of any nuclear aggression “by utilizing the dramatically strengthened extended deterrence of the ROK-U.S. alliance and the three-axis system, and the Kim Jong-Un regime will face its end.”⁠
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South Korea’s Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho would later reiterate the nation’s ability to craft a “thicker and more elevated deterrence system through the strengthening of the Seoul-Washington alliance.”⁠
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✍️Reported by: Gabe Jung gabeyjung⁠
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