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Two posters featuring the missiles were among those in a series
released to encourage North Koreans to implement goals outlined
by leader Kim Jong Un in a policy speech last week, state news
agency KCNA reported.
North Korea has enshrined the right to use preemptive nuclear
strikes to protect itself in a new law Kim said makes its
nuclear status "irreversible" and bars denuclearisation talks,
KCNA reported on Friday.
The posters underscored the need to "make the armed forces of
the Republic more powerful by giving top priority to the
building of the national defence capacity," KCNA said.
It was the first time in about five years that new posters have
featured nuclear weapons, according to the website NK News,
which tracks North Korea.
In 2018, North Korea removed many anti-American and military
themed posters as Kim engaged in summits with then-U.S.
President Donald Trump and other world leaders.
Since diplomacy stalled in 2019, historical anti-American themes
have crept back into public displays.
Photos released by KCNA show the posters do not mention the
United States, but display a number of North Korea's latest
missiles, including its Hwasong-15 and Hwasong-17
intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
The posters include slogans calling for national defence to be a
top national priority, and that missiles show the country's
prosperity.
This year North Korea resumed testing ICBMs for the first time
since 2017, and international observers say it appears to be
readying for a nuclear test.
Other posters featured a range of economic sectors including
forestry, fishing, construction and consumer goods.
(Reporting by Josh Smith; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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