North Korea rejects denuclearisation; weapons will stay 'forever'

North Korea has doubled down on its nuclear arsenal, declaring its status as a nuclear-armed state “irreversible” and saying the prospect of denuclearisation is an "unrealistic delusion”. Their statement comes days after South Korean president Lee Jae Myung renewed calls for a phased path towards denuclearisation.North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui said Pyongyang would not abandon its nuclear weapons regardless of calls from South Korea, the United States and their allies.“I reaffirm and reconfirm in the strongest tone of voice the steadfast will of our state to keep nuclear weapons through all ages,” Choe said in a statement carried by state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).North Korea’s nuclear status was “irreversible in any case and will remain unchanged forever”, she said, adding that the country’s nuclear weapons status was “everlasting” regardless of what hostile forces said.Choe was responding to a meeting between the United States, South Korea and Japan…