Kim Jong-un, in Wake of Biden’s Camp David Summit With Leaders of South Korea and Japan, Boasts of an Unprecedented Leap in His Nuclear Program

Pyongyang potentate calls his atomic bombs an answer to the ‘worst actual threat’ posed by ‘the triangular alliance.’

Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, bottom center, attends a meeting of the country's parliament at Pyongyang. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

SEOUL — North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un foresees an unprecedented leap in his nuclear program in answer to what he calls “the worst actual threat” posed by “the triangular alliance” of America, Japan, and South Korea.

Mr. Kim vastly raised the nuclear stakes on the Korean peninsula Thursday following his whirlwind tour this month of military facilities in the Russian far east in which he talked with President Putin about acquiring the technology needed for his nuclear weapons and missiles.

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