Nuclear security

North Korea says it can launch a nuclear missile ‘anytime and anywhere’

North Korea now has the capability to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from anywhere in the country, according to a statement released by a Foreign Ministry spokesman on Sunday.

“The ICBM will be launched anytime and anywhere determined by the supreme headquarters of the DPRK,” the statement read, referencing the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the country’s official name.

The statement, reported by Reuters and posted to the state-controlled media site Korean Central News Agency, also cast blame on the U.S. for an escalation in the country’s arms development, and comes a week after the country’s leader Kim Jong Un said North Korea had “reached the final stage” of preparing a test launch of an ICBM.