Kim Jong A call for rapid expansion of the nuclear arsenal in the middle of the American exercises

The North Korean dictator Kim Jong One called on Tuesday the rapid accumulation of the nuclear arsenal of his country, reacting to military operations joined by the United States and South Korea.

Kim called the military exercises “obvious expression of their desire to provoke war”, according to the North Korean state media. The United States and South Korea began its annual military exercises, nicknamed Ulchi Freedom Shield, this week and operations will continue sporadically until September.

The North Korean chief argued that the exercises show the intention of the United States and South Korea to “remain the most hostile and conflicting” and that North Korea must therefore “quickly extend” its nuclear arsenal.

“Thanks to this decision, North Korea demonstrates its refusal to accept denuclearization and the desire to irreversibly modernize nuclear weapons,” a analyst in North Korea told Reuters in the Korea of national unification.

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The North Korean dictator Kim Jong One called his country to “quickly extend” its nuclear arsenal. (STR / AFP via Getty Images)

The increase in tensions comes only a few days after the South Korean president Lee Jae Myung has announced his intention to end certain military activities along its border with North Korea, as well as to restore a 2018 military agreement with its neighbor.

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The agreement ended certain military activities on the border between the two countries, in particular by creating buffer zones on land and at sea and non-theft areas above the border to avoid fighting. He also ended the military exercises near the border and withdrew certain guard posts along the demilitarized area.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said his government took “progressive measures” to reduce tensions with North Korea. (AP)

The agreement was signed at an intercreen summit in 2018, but it finally collapsed while the cross -border tensions ensued.

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South Korea has also dismantled its speakers along the border which had broadcast anti-north messages for years, a Pyongyang movement has done the same.

Colonel Lee Sung-Jun, on the left, director of the chiefs of the staff of public affairs in South Korea, and Colonel Ryan Donald, director of public affairs of the United Nations Command, attend the press point for Ulchi Freedom Shield at the Ministry of Defense on August 7, 2025, in Seoul, in South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)

Lee said that his government would continue to make “progressive measures to restore the military agreement of September 19”.

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“I hope North Korea will return our efforts to restore confidence and revive dialogue,” he added.

Reuters contributed to this report.