Kim Jong Un vows to accelerate North Korea's nuclear buildup while denouncing the South Korea-US joint military exercise.

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on Tuesday (Aug 19) for the "rapid expansion" of the country's nuclear weapons capability, citing ongoing US-South Korea military exercises that he said c

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country needed to rapidly expand its nuclear armament and called U.S.-South Korea military exercises an "obvious expression of their will to provoke war," state media KCNA reported on Tuesday.