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| North Korea accuses US of declaring war | North Korea accuses US of declaring war |
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| North Korea's foreign minister has accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country. | North Korea's foreign minister has accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country. |
| Ri Yong-ho told reporters in New York that North Korea reserved the right to shoot down US bombers. | Ri Yong-ho told reporters in New York that North Korea reserved the right to shoot down US bombers. |
| This applied even when they were not in North Korean airspace, the minister added. The world "should clearly remember" it was the US that first declared war, Mr Ri said. | This applied even when they were not in North Korean airspace, the minister added. The world "should clearly remember" it was the US that first declared war, Mr Ri said. |
| The two sides have been engaged in an increasingly angry war of words. | The two sides have been engaged in an increasingly angry war of words. |
| Despite weeks of tension, experts have played down the risk of direct conflict between the two. | |
| After Mr Ri addressed the United Nations on Saturday, the US president responded by tweeting that Mr Ri and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "won't be around much longer" if they continued their rhetoric. | |
| Mr Ri's response came as he was leaving New York, following the UN General Assembly. | |
| "In light of the declaration of war by Trump, all options will be on the operations table of the supreme leadership of the DPRK [North Korea]," he added. | |
| North Korea has continued to carry out nuclear and ballistic missile tests in recent weeks, in defiance of successive rounds of UN sanctions. | |
| The country's leaders say nuclear capabilities are its only deterrent against an outside world seeking to destroy it. | |
| After the North's latest and most powerful nuclear test earlier this month, the UN Security Council approved new sanctions on the country. |