{"id":63003,"date":"2026-06-24T07:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/63003\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:01:06","slug":"big-question-why-kim-jong-un-accelerating-north-koreas-nuclear-programme-amid-us-iran-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/63003\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Question: Why Kim Jong Un accelerating North Korea\u2019s nuclear programme amid US-Iran conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                          Kim Jong Un\u2019s Nuclear Push: North Korea\u2019s nuclear programme has raised fresh concerns as leader Kim Jong Un moves to expand the country\u2019s weapons stockpile.<\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.india.com\/wp-content\/themes\/icom\/assets\/images\/share-black-icon.svg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"share news\" title=\"share news\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\"\/>  Share<\/p>\n<p>    Share Article <\/p>\n<p>\n       https:\/\/www.india.com\/news\/world\/big-question-why-kim-jong-un-is-accelerating-north-koreas-nuclear-programme-amid-us-iran-conflict-donald-trump-mojtaba-khamenei-missiles-bombs-8455694\/ Copy\n    <\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" data-hero=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kim-jon-un-.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"kim jon un\" style=\"\"\/>                                <\/p>\n<p>Big Question: Why Kim Jong Un is accelerating North Korea\u2019s nuclear programme amid US-Iran conflict | Image: AI<\/p>\n<p>Kim Jong Un\u2019s Nuclear Push: North Korea has again intensified its nuclear programme, which has kept other countries\u2019 eyes peeled. According to KCNA, Kim Jong Un commissioned the country\u2019s first 5,000-ton-class destroyer. The North Korean leader said, as per the report, that the warship is equipped with the most perfect and complex operational and combat capabilities. He said this during the commissioning ceremony of the destroyer, which was held on Tuesday at Nampho port.<\/p>\n<p>What Did Kim Jong Un Say?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe program of equipping the Navy with nuclear weapons is following its planned course unerringly. This is a strategic course of crucial importance as it will make it possible to keep the nuclear force of our state ready for multifaceted and efficient operation,\u201d he added further.<\/p>\n<p>                    Read more:<br \/>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.india.com\/news\/world\/north-korea-tests-banned-cluster-munitions-kim-jong-un-daughter-observe-upgraded-ballistic-missile-launch-iran-war-china-world-news-8387051\/\" article_read_more_datalayer=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Korea tests BANNED cluster munitions, Kim Jong Un, daughter observe upgraded ballistic missile launch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un\u2019s Nuclear Push: North Korea\u2019s nuclear programme has raised fresh concerns as leader Kim Jong Un&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30393,141,31,35209,34,25301,4828,35159,3191],"class_list":["post-63003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-north-korea","tag-destroyer","tag-kim-jong-un","tag-korea","tag-noreth-korea","tag-north-korea","tag-nuclear-programme","tag-nuclear-weapon","tag-us-military-intervention","tag-us-iran-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}