PYONGYANG, North Korea, May 8 (UPI) -- In speech given Saturday, but broadcast Sunday, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un promised his country would only deploy nuclear weapons unless provoked by "invasive hostile forces with nuclear weapons."
During the three-hour speech, Kim signaled his aims to improve relations with the United States and South Korea. In an effort to tamper rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea will hold off on their next nuclear weapons tests, which many experts believed were imminent.