Kim Jong Un has been using the development of North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme as his “insurance policy” to stay in power, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state ...

Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of state, on Wednesday called North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un a “dictator ... to pursue their own nuclear weapons programmes”.

Kim Jong Un has been using the development of North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme as his “insurance policy” to stay in power, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, said.

I was one of the people very skeptical about it, but (Trump) sort of reached out to Kim Jong Un ... their veto power at the UN Security Council or the threats of nuclear war,” he said.

14, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech at a meeting held during Dec. 23 until Dec. 27, 2024, in ...

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