Kim Jong Un oversees special operations forces

South Korea’s unification ministry strongly condemned North Korea’s nuclear weapon development and warned Pyongyang of an “overwhelmingly strong” military response to any DPRK “nuclear threat or provocation” in a statement on Friday. “North Korean authorities should again realize there is absolutely nothing to gain from having nuclear weapons and must quickly go down the road of providing freedom, livelihood and peace for the North Korean people,” the ministry stated. “We demand [DPRK authorities] immediately enter denuclearization talks as our government has suggested.”