N Korea to boost force

NORTH Korea discussed new policies for increasing its “nuclear war deterrence” during a military meeting presided over by leader Kim Jong-un, state news agency KCNA reported yesterday.

The report did not specify what the deterrence entailed, but said “measures” were taken at the meeting for “increasing the firepower strike ability of the artillery pieces of the Korean People’s Army”.

Discussions also covered “putting the strategic armed forces on a high alert operation” in line with the “development of the armed forces”.