A still from North Korean state TV showing the country’s leader Kim Jong-un speaking at the government party’s congress on Sunday. He said the nation would not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty was attacked. Photo: Associated Press A still from North Korean state TV showing the country’s leader Kim Jong-un speaking at the government party’s congress on Sunday. He said the nation would not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty was attacked. Photo: Associated Press
A still from North Korean state TV showing the country’s leader Kim Jong-un speaking at the government party’s congress on Sunday. He said the nation would not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty was attacked. Photo: Associated Press
China /  Diplomacy

N. Korea's pledge not to use nuclear weapons unless threatened given cool response by China’s state-run media

Pyongyang needs to give up its nuclear weapons if it wants to normalise relations with outside world, says Global Times newspaper

Topic |   North Korea nuclear crisis
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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A still from North Korean state TV showing the country’s leader Kim Jong-un speaking at the government party’s congress on Sunday. He said the nation would not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty was attacked. Photo: Associated Press A still from North Korean state TV showing the country’s leader Kim Jong-un speaking at the government party’s congress on Sunday. He said the nation would not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty was attacked. Photo: Associated Press
A still from North Korean state TV showing the country’s leader Kim Jong-un speaking at the government party’s congress on Sunday. He said the nation would not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty was attacked. Photo: Associated Press
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