They also stressed that the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2270, which was imposed after the North’s fourth nuclear test PLUS forming a new stronger one is crucial.
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“The US imperialists keep letting their nuclear strategic bombers fly over south Korea [sic] in a bid to seek an opportunity of mounting a preemptive nuclear attack [against the North]”, the KCNA further said.
After the United States conducted two bomber flights over South Korea in a bid to deter North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, Pyongyang on Wednesday shrugged off the attempt as a bluff, with no real outcome.
According to CNN, U.S. Forces Korea commander General Vincent K. Brooks replied to the Friday testing on Tuesday.
China, the North’s chief ally, backed the March resolution but is more resistant to harsh new sanctions this time after the United States and South Korea made a decision to deploy a sophisticated anti-missile system in the South, which China adamantly opposes. He explained that with the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), a cruise missile, the US believes it has an intimidating, even if non-nuclear, capability.
B-1B Lancer bombers deployed by the United States military flies over Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, on September 13, 2016.
North Korea’s weapons enhancements, including the testing of various types of missiles this year at an unprecedented rate, have alarmed neighbors South Korea and Japan.
USA a target?: North Korea’s nuclear program is directed at the United States, a close adviser to Kim Jong Un said after last week’s atomic test, according to a Japanese lawmaker who just returned from Pyongyang.
“Assessment by South Korean and United States intelligence is that the North is always ready for an additional nuclear test in the Punggye-ri area”, spokesman Moon Sang-gyun said, according to Reuters.
China urged restraint among all parties. The divided peninsula remains technically at war after the 1950-53 conflict ended with an armistice instead of a peace treaty.
Kim, the USA envoy, said there was no need to reintroduce nuclear weapons in South Korea.
“It’s a question of North Korean intentions and commitment”.
The United States wants China to do more, with U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter last week singling out the role he said China should play in curbing its neighbor.
The Korean Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS) reported that the flooding in North Hamgyong Province left hundreds killed or missing and more than 68,900 stranded, making it the worst disaster since Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945.
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The US recently said that any provocations from the North would come with “serious consequences”.
