N. Korea's Kim vows 'irreversible' nuclear status, warns Seoul of 'merciless' response

Kim also told the country's rubber-stamp legislature in a policy address on Monday that the United States was committing "state terrorism" in an apparent reference to its military attacks on Iran. "We will continue to firmly consolidate our status as a nuclear-armed state as an irreversible course, while aggressively stepping up our struggle against hostile forces," Kim told the Supreme People's Assembly. "We will, in line with the mission entrusted by the Constitution of the Republic... further...