North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he will unveil a policy to advance both nuclear and conventional weapons at the ruling party’s Ninth Party Congress expected in 2026, according to state media. 

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Saturday that Kim made the announcement during inspections of the Academy of Defense Science’s Armored Defense Weapon Research Institute and the Electronic Weapons Research Institute from Sept. 11 to 12. 

Kim received a briefing on “major core technologies” jointly developed by the Armored Defensive Weapons Institute and the Tank Designing Bureau, which included advancements in special composite armor and an