Sunday 24 September 2017

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho addresses the UN

DPRK says Nuke Launch at US "Inevitable"


23 September, 2017

Pyongyang claimed on Saturday that launching nuclear-armed ballistic missiles toward the US is "inevitable" due to US President Donald Trump's labeling of DPRK leader Kim Jong-un as "rocket man," according to a statement by North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho to the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday.

Just hours after USAF B-1B nuclear-weapon-capable bombers flew close to the northern nation, DPRK foreign minister stated that Pyongyang's launch of nuclear weapons toward the US was "inevitable," although he did not specify more details.

Referring to Trump as "Mr. Evil President," Ri continued the ongoing escalation of rhetoric between the two nations, most recently capped by DPRK leader Kim Jong-un calling the US president "mentally deranged" and a "dotard," on Friday.

During his Saturday speech to the UN General Assembly, the DPRK's Ri doubled down on the name-calling, suggesting that Trump is "a mentally deranged person full of megalomania and complacency."

Ri also said that the US president is attempting to turn the UN into what the former referred to as a "gangsters' nest," adding that Trump is personally on a "suicide mission," cited by Reuters.



Ri stated that Trump, who he referred to as "President Evil,' must remember that Pyongyang would defend itself if the US attempted a "decapitating operation on our headquarters or military attack against our country."

US Bombers Fly Off North Korea's Coast to Display Military Force



23 September, 2017


The US bombers flew in the international airspace off the North Korean eastern coast. This military muscle-flexing is aimed to demonstrate the range of US military options available to Donald Trump, Chief Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said in a statement.

"Earlier today, US Air Force B-1 B Lancer bombers from Guam, along with US Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter escorts from Okinawa, Japan, flew in international airspace over waters east of North Korea… This mission is a demonstration of US resolve and clear message that the President [Donald Trump] has many military options to defeat any threat. North Korea's weapons program is a grave threat to the Asia-Pacific region and the entire international community. We are prepared to use full range of military capabilities to defend the US homeland and our allies," the statement said, as quoted by the NBC News broadcaster.

The spokesperson added that the flights were the farthest north of the Demilitarized Zone any US fighter or bomber conducted in the 21st century.

This step was taken as a response to the earthquake that hit North Korea earlier in the day, that claimed to be connected with nuclear tests. China's Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said that it detected a 3.4-magnitude earthquake in the northeastern part of North Korea, near the epicenter of the shallow quake caused by Pyongyang's nuclear test on September 3. The seismologists added that the quake's depth was zero kilometers, noting that the earthquake could be caused by a "suspected explosion."


The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization's (CNTBTO), a nuclear proliferation watchdog's are still examining unusual seismic activity in North Korea.

US President Donald Trump said during his recent rally in Alabama that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should have been handled a long time ago for his nuclear weapons activities.

In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump on Tuesday threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if necessary while also issuing sharp warnings to Venezuela and Iran. Trump also called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a "rocket man on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime."

Trump issued an executive order on Thursday that bolsters the US Treasury Department's ability to monitor individuals who provide materials, services or technology to North Korea. The punishing sanctions target North Korea's textiles, fishing and manufacturing industries.


Technically, the United States and North Korea are still in a state of war. On July 27, 1953 the two nations signed an armistice to cease hostilities until a peaceful solution could be found.





The US State Department stated on Friday that the country’s military defense networks will shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile if it flies over the island territory of Guam, but experts in the field have claimed that the Pentagon is flat-out wrong

Wars don’t start these days with the invader/attacker saying “We want war” (even Hitler ginned up a false-flag attack as pretext for launching WW II). So Kim Jong Un is “crazy,” North Korea “begging for war,” and “enough is enough.” The drum beats on and justifications assemble themselves.


United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has proven herself to be one of the most hawkish U.S. representatives to the UN, likely a reflection of the increasingly hawkish veer of the U.S. President Donald Trump, who had originally campaigned on anti-interventionism. On September 5th, following a nuclear weapon test conducted by North Korea a few days prior, Haley told the UN Security Council that the isolated Asian nation was “begging for war,” adding that the “time for half measures” had come to an end and “enough is enough.”

She then asserted that “war is never something the United States wants — we don’t want it now. But our country’s patience is not unlimited.”

Haley’s bellicose rhetoric closely followed similar statements made by Trump on Twitter on Sunday, in which he chided South Korea and China’s “appeasement” approach towards rising tensions with Pyongyang and asserted that North Korean government officials “only understand one thing” (i.e., military force).
South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017


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