DPRK leader Kim Jong Un during his New Year's address on Monday night, January 1, reiterated that North Korean nuclear-armed missiles are capable of hitting targets throughout the United States.

"These are not empty threats, but reality," he stressed.. Kim Jong-un added that Pyongyang has reached a "historic goal" for the formation of state nuclear forces. True, he does this not for the first time. Earlier, the North Korean leader spoke about this in late November, after testing the intercontinental ballistic missile "Hwaseong-15," notes DW.

In addition, the head of the DPRK said that he is ready to send a delegation of North Korea to the Winter Olympic Games, which will start in February in South Korean Pyeongchang.