North Korea Says Seoul Submarine to Have Nuclear Domino Effect

North Korea criticized Washington’s recent approval for South Korea to develop nuclear-powered submarines, saying the move risks igniting a global arms race.

“The ROK’s possession of nuclear submarine is a strategic move for ‘its own nuclear weaponization’ and this is bound to cause a ‘nuclear domino phenomenon’ in the region and spark a hot arms race,” the official Korean Central News Agency said in a commentary Tuesday, referring to South Korea by its formal name of Republic of Korea.