North Korea threatens to boost nuclear deterrent

North Korea today said it would boost its “nuclear deterrent,” if the United States bolsters its hostile policy against the regime.

“If the United States strengthens its hostile policy aimed at stifling us under the pretext of human rights and the nuclear issues, we will respond by further solidifying our self-defence force including nuclear deterrent,” the North’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the country’s official Korean Central News Agency.