N. Korea’s Kim Jong Un: ‘I have a nuclear launch button on my office desk’

Reuters reports comments from the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivered during the annual New Year's address to North Korean citizens on Monday.

Key Points:

“When it comes to North-South relations, we should lower the military tensions on the Korean Peninsula to create a peaceful environment.”

“Both the North and the South should make efforts.”

“I have a nuclear launch button on my office desk”.

Says he was “open to dialogue” with Seoul.

Pyongyang has completed its nuclear weapons program and that it could reach any point in the continental US.

Called for Washington to acknowledge the reality that North Korea had weapons that could deter any military attack from the US.