North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that North Korea plans to develop “the world’s most powerful” nuclear force, according to KCNA, North Korea’s state news agency on Sunday. As Kim promoted dozens of military officers on Saturday, he said that North Korea’s ultimate goal is to possess an “absolute force, unprecedented in the century.†He complimented the officials who built the new intercontinental ballistic missile named “Hwaseong-17,” capable of reaching the U.S. mainland.
