North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for strengthening the country's nuclear weapons capacity "without limit" and completing war preparations against the United States and its allies, state media reported Monday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called on his country's military to focus all efforts on completing war preparations, state news agency KCNA reported on Monday. KCNA reported Kim as describing the Korean peninsula as "the world's biggest hotspot,

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the nation to bolster its nuclear capabilities “without limitation,” emphasizing that this policy is now “irreversible.” He also said Pyongyang would focus all efforts on completing war preparations.

In a speech to military commanders, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un described the Korean peninsula as "the world's biggest hotspot."