North Korea declared Wednesday that its status as a nuclear weapons state is “irreversible,” condemning a joint pledge by the United States, Japan, and South Korea to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula as a “daydream.”

North Korea declared on Wednesday that its status as a nuclear weapons state is 'irreversible,' condemning a joint pledge by the United States, Japan

North Korea's status as a nuclear weapons state can never be reversed, no matter how much the United States and its Asian allies demand it, state media reported on Wednesday, citing the powerful sister of its supreme leader.