North Korea says the AUKUS deal to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines is a “threat to regional peace” and has warned of consequences as Canberra makes its first payment to the partnership.
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00:00North Korea is condemning a US-Australia nuclear submarine deal under the AUKUS security partnership.
00:07North Korean state media says the deal and military build-up is a threat to regional
00:12peace and has warned of consequences.
00:16Australia has just made its first payment of 500 million US dollars as part of a plan
00:20to acquire US nuclear-powered submarines in the 2030s.
00:25The AUKUS partnership, signed in 2021, includes Australia, the UK and the US.