Analysts say North Korea is seeking to normalize its status as a nuclear power. His address came after North Korea in recent weeks tested a long-range cruise missile, a train-launched weapon, and what it said was a hypersonic warhead. In 2018, Kim became the first North Korean leader ever to meet a sitting US president at the headline-grabbing Singapore summit. The Biden administration has said it is willing to meet North Korean officials at any time or place, without preconditions, in its efforts to seek denuclearization. “North Korea held the exhibition on purpose to claim that their weapons development programs are no different from those of other countries,” he told AFP.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 12, 2021 03:56 UTC