Kim Jong-un: North Korea ending test moratoriums

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AFP Seoul
Last Updated : Jan 01 2020 | 3:25 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has declared that Pyongyang is abandoning its moratoriums on nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests, state media reported on Wednesday.

"There is no ground for us to get unilaterally bound to the commitment any longer," the official KCNA news agency cited him telling ruling party officials.

"The world will witness a new strategic weapon to be possessed by the DPRK in the near future," it cited him as saying.

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First Published: Jan 01 2020 | 3:25 AM IST

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