Nuclear button is on my desk: North Korea's Kim Jong-Un in New Year speech

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said it is not a blackmail but reality

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said he was always within reach of the nuclear button in a defiant New Year message on Monday after months of escalating tensions over his country's weapons programme.

"The nuclear button is always on my table. This is not blackmail but reality," said Kim, reiterating his claims that North Korea was a nuclear state.