Is The Korean Peninsula About To Face An Arms Race?

In his speech at the party congress, Kim mentioned nuclear weapons no fewer than 36 times 

DW: Korean Peninsula: Nuclear weapons plans trigger arms race fears 

Calls grow for the South Korean government to step up its defenses after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced plans for advanced new weapons systems. 

South Korea has confirmed that it is considering developing a nuclear-powered submarine after Kim Jong Un declared at the recent Workers' Party Congress in North Korea that he would "advance national reunification through a strong military power" — and boasted of deploying hypersonic missiles, spy satellites, multi-warhead intercontinental ballistic missiles and the North's own nuclear-powered submarine. 

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WNU Editor: The rhetoric from North Korea is not comforting .... North Korea ends party meeting with calls for nuclear might (AP).

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