This article was contributed to NK News by the DPRK’s Institute for Disarmament and Peace, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has been split into two parts.

Several of the purported facts and opinions within are not those of NK News but are representative of North Korea.

The North Korean state media custom of lower-casing the first letters in “north” and “south” Korea – reflecting the view that they are legitimately one nation – has been maintained.  

This article was originally titled The U.S. nuclear threat to and encroachment upon the sovereignty of the DPR Korea is the root cause of