N.Korea claims its nuke weapons pose no threat to countries other than US

SEOUL - 19 Aug 2017: North Korea said Saturday that any countries in the world will not come under threat of its nuclear attack, as long as they don't side with the United States' military action against the North, North Korean news agency Yonhap reported.

The Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the official mouthpiece of the North's ruling Workers' Party, said that Pyongyang's measures to reinforce its nuclear armament are not aimed at threatening the world but at reining in the "reckless moves" by the US to start a nuclear war.

"The US has exaggerated that we're posing a grave threat to the entire world ... But we won't initiate or threaten a nuclear attack against any countries in the world, unless they participate in anti-North military actions by the US," said the newspaper in a commentary.