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| 'Inevitable' that North Korean missiles will hit US mainland after Donald Trump's insults, says Pyongyang foreign minister at UN | |
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| North Korea's foreign minister says that it is inevitable that missiles from his country will hit the United States after the American military flew bombers further north of the demilitarised zone than any American military plane in the 21st century, and after a week in which Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un exchanged personal insults. | North Korea's foreign minister says that it is inevitable that missiles from his country will hit the United States after the American military flew bombers further north of the demilitarised zone than any American military plane in the 21st century, and after a week in which Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un exchanged personal insults. |
| Mr Trump's insults make "our rocket's visit to the entire US mainland inevitable all the more," North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said during a visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. | Mr Trump's insults make "our rocket's visit to the entire US mainland inevitable all the more," North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said during a visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. |
| Mr Ri said that recent economic sanctions placed on his country by the UN, and the United States, will do very little to deter his country's plans to develop a nuclear force capable of hitting the US mainland. | Mr Ri said that recent economic sanctions placed on his country by the UN, and the United States, will do very little to deter his country's plans to develop a nuclear force capable of hitting the US mainland. |
| "Through such a prolonged and arduous struggle, now we are finally only a few steps away from the final gate of completion of the state nuclear force," Mr Ri said. "It is only a forlorn hope to consider any chance that [North Korea] would be shaken an inch or change its stance due to the harsher sanctions by the hostile forces." | |
| The President insulted Mr Kim personally during his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly this week, calling him "rocket man" and saying that he was on a "suicide mission" if he keeps developing his nuclear weapons programme. In response, Mr Kim released an unprecedented personal rebuke, calling Mr Trump a "dotard", and a "frightened dog". | |
| Following those insults, North Korean officials indicated that Mr Kim was considering testing a nuclear weapon in the Pacific Ocean, sending Japan - which is between North Korea and those open seas - into a frenzy, with officials warning people to be prepared for a potential missile launch over their island. | |
| "It could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific,” Mr Ri said then. “We have no idea about what actions could be taken as it will be ordered by leader Kim Jong-un.” | |
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