North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles Wednesday, Seoul s military said, part of a string of weapons tests this year that have accompanied increasingly aggressive rhetoric from leader Kim Jong Un. So far this year, Kim has declared South Korea his country s "principal enemy", jettisoned
South Koreans widely believe that the only way to deter a nuclear strike from the North is to develop nuclear weapons themselves. But South Korea's top government arms negotiator warns of dire consequences.
Inter-Korean relations hit a new low as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the removal of all symbols of reconciliation and cooperation between the two Koreas, a highly volatile and intricate relationship that endured for over 50 years, despite changes in South Korean governments and hereditary power succession in North Korea. South Korea will also be designated as the "primary foe and invariable principal .