North Korea Takes the Stage at U.N.: 'We Will Never Give Up Nuclear'

North Korea’s representative at the United Nations took the podium at the General Assembly on Monday to declare that Pyongyang would never give up its illicit nuclear weapons program, going as far as to credit the country’s pursuit of nuclear weapons with the peaceful status quo on the Korean Peninsula.

Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong represented North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, who traditionally does not travel to New York for the General Assembly, on Monday. The country spoke on the last day of the General Assembly’s “high-level debate,” which offers the world’s heads of government an opportunity to discuss any issue of their choosing before the countries of the world. Kim’s presence there was notable as North Korea’s foreign minister, Choe Son-hui, also opted to skip the gather