North Korea warns of serious danger over US-South Korea deterrence deal

North Korean person Kim Jong-un's almighty sister has warned that a caller US-South Korean woody volition pb to a "more superior danger".

Kim Yo-jong said North Korea's atomic deterrent "should beryllium brought to further perfection", authorities media reported.

The US agreed to deploy nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea and impact Seoul successful its atomic readying to antagonistic atomic threats from the North.

In return, South Korea agreed to not make its ain atomic weapons.

The woody - known arsenic the Washington Declaration - was announced this week during President Joe Biden's talks with his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol's successful the American superior .

Referring to the agreement, Ms Kim said: "The much the enemies are dormant acceptable connected staging atomic warfare exercises, and the much atomic assets they deploy successful the vicinity of the Korean peninsula, the stronger the workout of our close to self-defence volition go successful nonstop proportionality to them."

She warned that the determination would "only effect successful making bid and information of North-East Asia and the satellite beryllium exposed to much superior danger".

Ms Kim holds a elder presumption successful the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and is reported to person power connected her brother.

President Biden hailed the deal, saying it would fortify the allies' co-operation successful deterring a North Korean attack.

President Yoon said the statement marked an "unprecedented" committedness by the US to deter attacks and support allies by utilizing atomic weapons.

China warned against "deliberately stirring up tensions, provoking confrontation and playing up threats".

Under the deal, the US volition marque its defence commitments much disposable by sending a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the archetypal clip successful 40 years, on with different assets, including nuclear-capable bombers.

The 2 sides volition besides make a Nuclear Consultative Group to sermon readying issues.

Politicians successful Seoul person agelong been pushing Washington to impact them much successful readying for however and erstwhile to usage atomic weapons against North Korea.

Concern has been rising connected some sides astir the atomic menace posed by North Korea. Pyongyang is processing tactical atomic weapons that tin people South Korea, and refining its long-range weapons that tin scope the US mainland.

The US already has a pact work to support South Korea, and has antecedently pledged to usage atomic weapons if necessary. But immoderate successful South Korea person started to uncertainty that committedness and telephone for the state to prosecute its ain atomic programme.