'We Will Never Give Up Nukes,' Says North Korea In Rare UN Address

In a rare address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday, North Korea reaffirmed its firm stance on keeping its nuclear weapons, calling them crucial to maintaining a “balance of power" with South Korea.

Speaking at the UN, North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong said Pyongyang would “never give up" its nuclear weapons, but left the door open to diplomacy.

This marked one of the few occasions North Korea has sent a high-ranking minister to the UN in recent years.

“Imposition of ‘denuclearization’ on the DPRK is tantamount to demanding it to surrender sovereignty and right to existence and violate the Constitution," Gyong said, referring to the country’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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