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Article snippet: North Korean leader reports of his remarks from North Korean state media, Kim blasted the U.S. for its “hostile policy” toward North Korea and said he had no expectation Washington would lift sanctions on his country soon. “Saying that we should more actively push forward the project for developing strategic weapons, he confirmed that the world will witness a new strategic weapon to be possessed by the DPRK in the near future,” state media outlet KCNA reported, using to the abbreviation for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “He solemnly declared that there is no need to hesitate with any expectation of the U.S. lift of sanctions even now that we had close look into the real intention of the U.S., adding if the U.S. persists in its hostile policy towards the DPRK, there will never be the denuclearization on the Korean peninsula and the DPRK will steadily develop necessary and prerequisite strategic weapons for the security of the state until the U.S. rolls back its hostile policy,” KCNA added. Kim has employed increasingly hostile rhetoric toward the U.S. in recent months, including threatening a “Christmas gift” that ultimately never materialized. MORE has made reaching a settlement with North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs a centerpiece of his foreign policy in Asia, though negotiations have stalled in recent months. Kim suspended nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests last year during a diplomacy campaign with Washington and... Link to the full article to read more