Kim Yo Jong, Vice Department Director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), has issued a strongly worded statement condemning the recent appearance of a U.S. nuclear submarine at South Korea’s Pusan Port. In her statement titled "An Abnormal Object Appeared at Pusan Port: U.S. Strategic Assets Will Not Find Rest in the Korean Peninsula", Kim Yo Jong emphasized that North Korea views this as a deliberate provocation, signaling increased U.S. military aggression in the region.
According to North Korea’s Aerospace Reconnaissance Agency, an "abnormal object" was detected at the port at 10:03 AM on Monday, identified as a U.S. nuclear submarine. The submarine, which has largely remained out of public view since its commissioning in 2020, made its first-ever appearance at the Pusan operational base. Kim stated that this is no ordinary port call but part of a broader display of U.S. military power.
This recent docking follows a series of U.S. military demonstrations, including the June launches of Minuteman-3 intercontinental ballistic missiles and the September 18 unveiling of the B-21 Raider, a next-generation stealth bomber. These actions, according to Kim Yo Jong, represent the U.S.’s effort to flaunt its "three nuclear strategic assets"—missiles, bombers, and submarines—before the world.
Kim Yo Jong asserted that these displays reveal the U.S.’s fear and desperation, claiming that Washington is facing "unprecedented strategic inferiority" in the Korean Peninsula and the broader Asia-Pacific region. She argued that the U.S. is reacting to the growing power of North Korea and other independent states by deploying its nuclear assets and forming military alliances aimed at containment.
She pointed to recent international agreements, such as the Wilmington Declaration from the QUAD summit in Delaware and the U.S.-Japan-ROK summit, as evidence of the U.S.'s geopolitical strategy to militarily and politically encircle North Korea. Both meetings focused on the so-called "nuclear threat" from North Korea, further escalating tensions in the region.
Despite the U.S.'s efforts to demonstrate military dominance, Kim Yo Jong declared that North Korea remains undeterred. She emphasized that North Korea’s nuclear deterrent will continue to grow both in quality and quantity as long as the U.S. persists in its threats. She dismissed the idea that the U.S. submarine’s presence poses a serious threat to North Korea, insisting that the DPRK’s own nuclear capabilities will counter any external pressure.
Kim concluded by warning that U.S. strategic assets would not find "rest" on the Korean Peninsula. She vowed that North Korea would continue to monitor all South Korean ports and military bases, implying that these locations remain under close surveillance by the DPRK.
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