N Korea says will ready N-force for war

North Korea says it will prepare its nuclear force for an all-out war against the United States as it blames Washington for the escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

The President of the Supreme People’s Assembly, Kim Yong-nam said that Pyongyang would expand the “quantity and quantity” of its nuclear force which is the “treasure of a unified Korea.”
He made the comments during a memorial event, which was held in the capital, Pyongyang, on Sunday on the eve of the 101st anniversary of the birthday of late leader Kim Il-sung.
The remarks followed Pyongyang’s rejection of South Korea’s proposal to resolve tensions through dialogue as the North said the offer was “a cunning ploy to hide the South’s policy of confrontation.”
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State who arrived in Japan on the last day of his four-day visit to Asia to discuss recent tensions on the Korean peninsula earlier on Sunday, has said that Washington is “fully committed to the defence of Japan.”
Tensions sharply heightened after the US dispatched nuclear-capable B-52s and B-2 stealth bombers to participate in joint military drills with South Korea.
The moves prompted Pyongyang to step up its war rhetoric, authorizing its army to launch preemptive nuclear strikes on the US.