In the Face of Washington’s Threats, North Korea Readies Another Nuclear Test
SputnikNews.com
01.05.2017
Despite worldwide calls for denuclearization, North Korea has said it will continue testing nuclear weapons in the face of what it sees as provocation from the US.
On Monday Pyongyang declared that it was ready to conduct its sixth nuclear test whenever leadership deemed appropriate, as the North Korean capital continues trading shows of force with Washington.
The North is “fully ready to respond to any option taken by the US,” according to a statement published by the Korean Central News Agency from a North Korean foreign ministry spokesman, who added that “measures for bolstering the nuclear force to the maximum will be taken in a consecutive and successive way at any moment and any place decided by its supreme leadership.”
Although tensions between Washington and Pyongyang looked as though they may ease somewhat in recent weeks, as the US considered going into talks with the North, the US’ refusal to rule out military action combined with Pyongyang’s recent pronouncements have again strained the possibility of a diplomatic resolution.
US President Donald Trump on Monday told the Washington Examiner, “North Korea weighs on me, but we have to be prepared for the worst…We have to be prepared to do what we have to do. We cannot allow this to go on.”
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