Tag: Kim Jong-un

UN chief warns against military action on North Korea

Warning that military action to deal with North Korean nuclear and missile threats will be “too horrific to contemplate”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called upon nations to “dial-down rhetoric and dial-up diplomacy”. Speaking to reporters, he said that all countries should strictly enforce the recent Security Council resolution imposing a stringent embargo on …

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August 16, 2017

US remains interested in possible dialogue with N. Korea: Tillerson

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday that Washington remains “interested” in engaging in dialogue with North Korea, but he warned that this depends on whether that country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, will create the conditions for that to occur. Tillerson said he had no response to Kim’s apparent willingness to observe US actions …

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August 15, 2017

Kim examines plans for missile attack near Guam

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has examined plans for an attack on areas surrounding America’s Guam Island and decided to watch Washington’s reaction “a little more” before undertaking the offensive. Kim was briefed on the plan during an inspection of the North Korean People’s Army (KPA) Strategic Force on Monday, where he also accused the …

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August 15, 2017

Mr Trump’s fire and fury’

Tensions have intensified in the Korean Peninsula following President Donald Trump’s warning to North Korea that it would face “fire and fury” if it threatens Washington, prompting the North Korean leader, Kim Jong un, to warn that he would retaliate by striking Guam, a US military base. Such threatening language used by Trump brings him …

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August 15, 2017

Fire and fury threat against N Korea not tough enough: Trump

The US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that perhaps his threat to visit "fire and fury" upon North Korea for its provocations "wasn't tough enough," despite sparking worldwide fears of a potential nuclear conflict. Trump reaffirmed his threats against the regime of Kim Jong-un in remarks to reporters before a security meeting with Vice …

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August 10, 2017

Triumph of diplomacy

Sanctions have become the bulwark of the international system…from Iran to North Korea via the junta in Myanmar. That truism gets reflected in the latest cache of crippling curbs imposed on North Korea by the UN Security Council, though the reprisal in response to the second ICBM test was masterminded by Donald Trump’s America. In …

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August 9, 2017

Trump warns action against N Korea amid n-tensions

US President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that he would respond to any threats "with fire and fury like the world has never seen," following reports that Pyongyang has developed miniaturized nuclear warheads that can be mounted on a ballistic missile. "North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. …

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August 8, 2017

N Korea threatens physical actions after UN sanctions

North Korea on Tuesday threatened to take physical action after a new package of sanctions was imposed against the country by the UN Security Council, which Pyongyang denounced as illegal and a terrorist act. In a statement, Pyongyang charged back against the latest sanctionsas a punitive measure for the regime's ongoing missile tests, and launched …

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August 8, 2017

From NK to NY?

The latest bout of muscle-flexing has been dramatic for a cloistered country. With North Korea conducting the second ballistic missile test-launch, the ever so belligerent President Kim Jong-un has advanced a fresh challenge to President Trump, stating that it has the potential to strike at Los Angeles, Chicago and New York… and not merely Alaska …

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August 5, 2017

Will strike ‘heart of US’ if Kim regime threatened: Pyongyang

North Korea has threatened a nuclear strike on "the heart of the US" if it attempts to remove Kim Jong-un as Supreme Leader, Pyongyang's state-run news agency reported. The report in Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Tuesday quoted a spokesman from the North Korean Foreign Ministry.  The spokesman said the law stipulates that if …

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July 26, 2017

Will Kim get White House call?

Five months ago Donald Trump tweeted that North Korea would never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the US. This week, Pyongyang launched what it claimed was its first ever intercontinental ballistic missile. The state TV channel declared that Kim Jong-un now ruled over “a strong nuclear armed state with a …

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July 6, 2017

New missile can carry nuclear warhead: North Korea

The North Korean regime said on Wednesday that the new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) it launched on Tuesday can carry a large nuclear warhead, state news agency KCNA said. "The test-launch was aimed to confirm the tactical and technological specifications and technological features of the newly developed ICBM rocket capable of carrying a large-sized heavy …

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July 5, 2017

Trump slams Kim Jong-un after missile launch

US President Donald Trump has slammed Kim Jong-un in response to North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch and warned him that South Korea and Japan's patience is running out. "North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?" Trump tweeted on Tuesday. "Hard to believe that …

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July 4, 2017

North Korea denounces Moon for ‘sycophancy’ on US visit

North Korea on Sunday denounced South Korean President Moon Jae-in for displaying "sycophancy and submission" to the US during his visit to Washington last week. The official daily Rodong Sinmum said in a commentary that the new South Korean government "suffered mental pressure from the US even before taking office and went without principle", Xinhua …

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July 2, 2017

North Korea and Syria: Two evil states

North Korea and Syria are two powder kegs in the world at the moment. By comparing these two states we may be able to find solutions to the two crises. The North Korean crisis is directly related to the division of Korea into two separated states by the Allied Powers in World War II in …

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June 23, 2017

N Korea ‘ready’ for intercontinental ballistic missile tests

North Korea on Wednesday said it is ready to test launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), one day after the US successfully tested a defence system to intercept such projectiles. The North Korean army is ready to conduct a real ICBM test at any time and place, if ordered by its leader Kim Jong-un, according to …

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May 31, 2017

North Korea claims successful test of ballistic missile

North Korea on Tuesday announced that it succeeded in the latest launch of a ballistic missile, which it said features a new high-precision guidance system and a quick launch process, according to state media reports. Leader Kim Jong-un observed the test-firing of a "precision-guided ballistic rocket capable of making ultra-precision strike," the Korean Central News …

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May 30, 2017