Indo-Pacific Alliance | North Korea Warns Of A Nuclear Arms Race

North Korea haswarned of a nuclear arms race in the region in theface of the new Indo-Pacific security alliance. "These are extremely undesirable and dangerous acts that will upset the strategic balance in the Asia-Pacific region and trigger a nuclear arms race," the state news agency KCNA quoted a representative of the State Department as saying. Against the background of Chinese expansion efforts, the USA, Great Britain and Australia announced the new alliance last week. Among other things, it provides for the governments in Washington and London to support Canberra with the construction of nuclear-powered submarines. Read also: USA, Australia And Great Britain Sign Security Pacts The new alliance makes it clear that the US is "the main culprit for the overthrow of the international nuclear non-proliferation system," said the ministry official. The government in Pyongyang will "certainly take appropriate countermeasures" if the alliance "has the sl...