SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday that the United States should abandon military threats if it has concerns about its mainland safety, state media KCNA reported, citing an official at North Korea’s defence ministry.

North Korea criticized the United States for pursuing the "absurd and outdated" goal of denuclearization Tuesday, saying that Pyongyang would stick to leader Kim Jong Un's goal of building up its nuclear forces.

Any plan that called for dropping 80 nuclear weapons on any country would have ended in a global catastrophe. W ith news that North Korea is now moving to full-rate production for