Kim Jong-un Says North Korea May Go on the Offensive to Defend Socialism

It looks like Kim Jong-un is setting the stage for whatever future provocations he has in store:

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stressed the “need to take positive and offensive measures” to uphold the country’s sovereignty and security “as required by the present situation,” according to a state media report on the second day of a key party conference held Sunday.  

The relatively subdued message was far from the possible bombshell announcement officials in the United States and South Korea worried could emerge from the plenary session of the North Korean Workers’ Party Central Committee, though something worse could come in the following days.  

Kim, according to a report by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday, delivered an address detailing Pyongyang’s agenda that placed a strong emphasis on economic development while describing “problems arising in the overall state building” that hamper growth.  

KCNA said Kim “indicated the duties of the fields of foreign affairs, munitions and armed forces” while “emphasizing the need to take positive and offensive measures for fully ensuring the sovereignty and security of the country as required by the present situation.” (……..)

In his speech, Kim underscored the idea of “intensively struggling against anti-socialism and non-socialism, strengthening the work of the working people’s organizations and tightening the moral discipline throughout society,” an apparent directive aimed at shoring up domestic support for his policies in the face of continuing international sanctions on the economy. 

Joong Ang Ilbo

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