Jong-un talks boosting military ahead of concessions deadline
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un chairing the Third Enlarged Meeting of the Seventh Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea. – EPA pic, December 22, 2019.
NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-un discussed strengthening his country’s military capability with top military officials, state media reported today, with Pyongyang’s end-of-year deadline for the US to offer concessions approaching. The North promised an ominous “Christmas gift” earlier this month if Washington does not give ground by the end of December. The denuclearisation process has been largely deadlocked since the collapse of a summit in Hanoi at the start of the year.
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