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| Donald Trump has referred to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as "rocket man" in a tweet about a conversation with the South Korean President. | |
| The US leader tweeted that he had been speaking with Moon Jae-in about the situation with the secretive communist state, which has launched a series of ballistic missiles in recent weeks and conducted its most powerful nuclear test to date. | |
| "I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night," Mr Trump wrote. "Asked him how Rocket Man is doing." | |
| He added that long petrol lines has been forming in North Korea, which he said was "too bad". | |
| His comments came after the North Korean leader vowed to achieve military “equilibrium” with the US. | |
| State-run Korean Central News Agency said he vowed to complete his nuclear weapons programme in the face of strengthening international sanctions, the agency reported. | |
| “As recognised by the whole world, we have made all these achievements despite the UN sanctions that have lasted for decades,” the agency quoted Mr Kim as saying. | |
| He said the country’s final goal “is to establish the equilibrium of real force with the US and make the US rulers dare not talk about military option for the DPRK,” referring to North Korea‘s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. | |
| He indicated more missile tests would soon follow, saying all future drills should be “meaningful and practical ones for increasing the combat power of the nuclear force” prepared for ”actual war”. | |
| Mr Kim said his country, despite “limitless” international sanctions, had nearly completed the building of its nuclear arsenal and called for “all-state efforts” to reach the goal and obtain a “capacity for nuclear counter attack the US cannot cope with”. | |
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