North Korea has called for the conclusion of a peace treaty with the U.S. and a halt to United States military exercises with South Korea in return for an end to its nuclear tests.
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Japan’s Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (C), U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L), and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam attend a joint news conference during their trilateral meeting at the foreign ministry’s Iikura guest house in Tokyo, …
We all need to take seriously North Korea’s nuclear weapons testing.
State Secretary John Kerry is to travel to Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Laos, Cambodia and China – where he’s expected to hold talks on responses to North Korea with officials in Beijing.
North Korea claims to have completed a successful test of a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday, January 6th.
While waiting to see what kind of new sanctions might be imposed by the United States, the United Nations and others, North Korean officials say that with the test now out of the way they want the US and its allies to back off and allow them to turn their attention toward peaceful economic growth, as promised by leader Kim Jong Un in his New Year address. The offer, similar to those the country had suggested before, was rejected by United States.
The U.S. has previously called the North’s linking the military drills with its nuclear tests an “an implicit threat” and demanded that Pyongyang first demonstrate its sincerity to nuclear disarmament.
State media on Monday showed him praising his scientists and vowing more nuclear bombs a day after the USA flew a powerful nuclear-capable warplane close to the North in a show of force.
“China supports the U.N. Security Council in taking the necessary response to this”.
North Korea last week conducted its fourth nuclear test, prompting near universal condemnation and further raising tensions on the Korean peninsula. According to The Heritage Foundation’s calculations, North Korea’s Taepo Dong 2 missiles, with a range of 10,000 kilometers, are within strike capability of 120.6 million people, or 38 percent of the USA population.
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Blinken said that Pyongyang should look to the example of Iran.
