North Korean leader urges greater nuclear weapons production in response to a ‘new Cold War’

Kim Tong-hyung, The Canadian Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a larger role in a coalition of nations confronting the United States in a "new Cold War," state media said Thursday. The Korean Central News Agency said Kim made the comments during a two-day session of the country’s rubber-stamp parliament which amended the constitution to include his policy of expanding the country’s nuclear weapons program. The Supreme People’s Assembly’s session on Tuesday and Wednesday came after Kim traveled…