In this regard, Rodong Sinmun on Thursday comments that such move is quite abnormal and regretful as it goes against the trend of the times toward independence, reconciliation and cooperation.

The commentary says:

The reality shows that those countries with vast territory, huge population and great economic power, too, find out the best way for defending their strategic interests in bolstering up their nuclear force.

So, it is quite natural for the DPRK to launch ballistic rockets and conduct a nuclear test for self-defence when it is constantly exposed to the U.S. nuclear threat.

Although the masters of the White House were replaced by Truman to Trump, the U.S. administration remains unchanged in its scheme to make a preemptive nuclear strike at the DPRK.

It introduced the monster-like THAAD into south Korea in order to aggravate the tensions and turn the Korean peninsula into radioactive zone.

What the Korean people came to conclusion, going through rigorous trials, is that the only way out for defending their vital rights and sovereignty is to react to the nukes in kind.

The tremendous military strength of the DPRK with the nuclear force as a pivot is a just treasured sword to defend the sovereignty of the country and the vital rights of the nation from the impudent strong-arm policy of the U.S. and its arbitrary and aggression moves.

The DPRK will bolster up the nuclear deterrent in every way in order to put a definite end to the U.S. nuclear threat and blackmail and safeguard the peace and security of the Korean peninsula and the world.