Boost military power to contain N-threats: Kim

Pyongyang, April 30: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has emphasised the need to strengthen the military power to “preemptively and thoroughly contain” nuclear threats from hostile forces, media reports said on Saturday. Kim met the top military commanders who had organised a massive parade in the capital earlier this week, Yonhap News Agency cited the North’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) as saying. The parade was held in Pyongyang on Monday to celebrate the 90th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army. The North Korean leader called on his military commanders to maintain “absolute superiority” of the armed forces and constantly develop in order to “preemptively and thoroughly contain and frustrate all dangerous attempts and threatening moves, including ever-escalating nuclear threats from hostile forces, if necessary,” Yonhap said in a report. He emphasised that the “tremendous offensive power and the overwhelming military muscle” that can’t be beaten is the “lifeline” for security guarantee in the current world where a force clashes with another fiercely and strength is needed to preserve “dignity, rights and interests,” the KCNA added. He also called on the military leaders to “boldly open up a new stage of development” of the armed forces during the meeting held at the Workers’ Party of Korea’s office in the capital Central Committee in Pyongyang. The North Korean leader had also vowed to strengthen the nuclear capabilities of his country at “fastest rate” during the military parade on Monday. UNI