Thread by @BonicMichael

North Korea's No First Use Policy Self-Defense:
“We will coerce the Americans to peace and respond to fire with fire. We have nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, but we will not use them if there is no threat." - Choe Son Hui in 2017
[Nov 17, 2017]
usatoday.com/story/news/wor…

2/On Oct. 20, Choe Son Hui, who heads the North Korean Foreign Ministry’s North American Department, reiterated her country's self-defense message at a Moscow conference on nuclear non-proliferation.

"Our leader Kim Jong Un has explained our stance: We will coerce the Americans

3/"'to peace and respond to fire with fire,” Choe said, according to the official Russian news agency Tass. “We have nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, but we will not use them if there is no threat."

"Our weapons are meant for protecting our motherland from the permanent

4/"U.S. nuclear threat. The U.S. has to get along w/ the DPRK’s nuclear status," she said."

Choe Son Hui: “DPRK's nuclear weapons are non-negotiable, unless the U.S. is prepared to co-exist w/ the nuclear DPRK. Because this is the only way to ensure

5/"lasting peace on the Korean peninsula and stability and security in the NE Asia."