North Korea’s Kim criticises US-South Korea-Japan partnership

FILE – In this undated photo provided October 6, 2024, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, visits an artillery exercise at an undisclosed place in North Korea (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said an elevated US security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed to further bolster his nuclear weapons programme, state media reported.

Mr Kim has previously made similar warnings, but his latest statement implies again that the North Korean leader will not likely embrace President Donald Trump’s overture to meet him and revive diplomacy anytime soon.