12/02/2023
As the year drew to a close, he gathered the members of his ruling Workers' Party, to set out his goals for 2023.
Top of his list is to "exponentially increase" the production of nuclear weapons. This must include, he said, the mass production of smaller, tactical nuclear weapons, which could be used to fight a war against South Korea.
This is the most serious development, according to Ankit Panda, a nuclear weapons expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
