{"id":102194,"date":"2019-08-30T01:26:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T01:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/30\/north-korea-says-it-wont-give-up-arms-modernization\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:37:56","slug":"north-korea-says-it-wont-give-up-arms-modernization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/08\/30\/north-korea-says-it-wont-give-up-arms-modernization\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea says it won\u2019t give up arms modernization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UNITED NATIONS \u2014 North Korea accused the United Kingdom, France and Germany on Thursday of meddling in its \u201cself-defensive measures for arms modernization,\u201d saying the West will make \u201cno greater mistake\u201d than thinking Pyongyang will give up its right to have weapons that it says are needed to ensure peace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North\u2019s official Korean Central News Agency circulated a statement from Kim Son Gyong, an adviser at the Korea-Europe Association, in response to a joint statement Tuesday from the three important U.S. allies condemning Pyongyang\u2019s \u201crepeated provocative launches\u201d of ballistic missiles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Europeans accused North Korea of violating U.N. sanctions and urged leader Kim Jong Un to engage with the United States and make progress on denuclearization, which they said is \u201cthe only way to guarantee security and stability on the Korean peninsula and in the region.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North Korean statement said defending national security has become more important after seeing countries \u201cwhose destinies were hacked to pieces by the Western powers\u201d and which yielded to Western demands \u201cfor disarmament under the pressure and appeasement of \u2018international society.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\t