North Korea on Monday condemned the "hostile policy" of the United States and vowed to continue bolstering its nuclear arsenal. In this October 2025 photo, leader Kim Jong Un attends a military parade in Pyongyang. File Photo by KCNA/EPA
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- North Korea on Monday condemned what it called the United States' continued "hostile policy" and vowed to keep bolstering its nuclear arsenal despite U.S. President Donald Trump's recent overtures to Pyongyang.
In a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry accused Washington of maintaining a confrontational stance toward North Korea in both "rhetoric and behavior."
"The Trump administration has thus fully reconfirmed its invariable hostile policy to wantonly violate the sovereignty, political system and security interests of the DPRK through the 'denuclearization' racket, 'human rights' smear campaign and military threat," the statement said, using the official acronym for North Korea.
"It is pointless to expect any detente in the region," it added.
