SEUL Jan 2 South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol said that there are no reasons to refuse negotiations at the highest level with the DPRK, but at this stage they would not bring results, and the people are already tired of «ostentatious» summits, the Joseon Ilbo reported.
«There is no reason to refuse, but the people are tired of ostentatious summits. First, it is necessary to start a dialogue on humanitarian assistance, then, when the parties agree on the agenda to some extent, the leaders can meet and get a meaningful result,» the President explained .
Kim Jong-un at the sixth plenum of the WPK of the eighth convocation announced the need to strengthen the country's nuclear forces, mass production of nuclear warheads, the creation of a new system of intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of an instant counterattack and the rapid completion of the project of reconnaissance satellite and launch vehicle for it. The DPRK leader said that the situation, when «South Korean puppets» have obviously become the enemy of North Korea, requires an increase in the number of nuclear warheads in the arsenal of the DPRK «exponentially», and stressed the importance and necessity of mass production of tactical nuclear weapons.
South Korea vowed to «strongly respond» to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats with a «dramatic» strengthening of its defense, cooperation with the United States and Japan, and the South Korean Defense Ministry said that any attempt by the DPRK to use nuclear weapons would lead to the «end» of her regime.