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US to ‘pay dear price’ for envoy Haley’s claim N. Korea ‘begs for war’ – Pyongyang US to ‘pay dear price’ for envoy Haley’s claim N. Korea ‘begs for war’ – Pyongyang
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As tensions mount on the Korean Peninsula, a statement carried on North Korea’s official KCNA news service warned that Washington's UN Ambassador Nikki Haley’s remarks that Pyongyang was “begging for war” would not be left unanswered.As tensions mount on the Korean Peninsula, a statement carried on North Korea’s official KCNA news service warned that Washington's UN Ambassador Nikki Haley’s remarks that Pyongyang was “begging for war” would not be left unanswered.
At an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Monday, Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, said that North Korea’s persistent nuclear and missile testing could provoke the US into a conflict.At an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Monday, Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, said that North Korea’s persistent nuclear and missile testing could provoke the US into a conflict.
“His [Kim Jong-un’s] abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war,” she said.“His [Kim Jong-un’s] abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war,” she said.
On Friday, a news broadcast from the official state-run Korean Central News Agency described Haley as a “political prostitute” whose “hysteric fit” would have dire consequences for the United States.On Friday, a news broadcast from the official state-run Korean Central News Agency described Haley as a “political prostitute” whose “hysteric fit” would have dire consequences for the United States.
“Nikki should be careful with her tongue though she might be a blind fool,” said the statement on KCNA. “The US administration will have to pay a dear price for her tongue-lashing.”“Nikki should be careful with her tongue though she might be a blind fool,” said the statement on KCNA. “The US administration will have to pay a dear price for her tongue-lashing.”
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have escalated over the past few months following a series of missile tests. The rhetoric and military maneuvers from the US and its allies have also escalated. On Sunday, Pyongyang reportedly tested a hydrogen bomb, its most powerful weapon to date, estimated to be over 10 times the size of the bombs dropped on Japan in 1945.Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have escalated over the past few months following a series of missile tests. The rhetoric and military maneuvers from the US and its allies have also escalated. On Sunday, Pyongyang reportedly tested a hydrogen bomb, its most powerful weapon to date, estimated to be over 10 times the size of the bombs dropped on Japan in 1945.
Despite the already tense situation on the Korean Peninsula, US President Donald Trump has waged a war of words with Pyongyang, threatening to unleash “fire and fury” in August if North Korea continued to threaten US territory, such as the Pacific island of Guam. In response, KCNA reported leader Kim Jong-Un as saying he would not launch an attack, instead preferring to “watch a little more the foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees.” The North Korean leadership did warn, however, that “if America persists in its “extremely dangerous reckless actions on the Korean Peninsula and in its vicinity, testing the self-restraint of the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea], the latter will make an important decision as it already declared.”