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North Korea says it’s “carefully examining” strike against US territory On Wednesday,following intense rhetoric from United States President Donald Trump, North Korean officials said they are “carefully examining” a strike against the U.
S. Pacific territory of Guam, or Reuters reported.
In a statement a spokesman for the Korean Peoples Army said the strike plan will be “achieve into practice in a multi-current and consecutive way any moment” if Kim Jong Un makes a decision.
In a different statement a spokesperson famous that the country could carry out a preemptive strike if the U.
S. showed signs of aggression. Read more (8/8/17 8 PM)
Update: Rex Tillerson says no imminent threat to Guam, defends Trump’s North Korea rhetoricA day after tensions between the U.
S. and North Korea seemed to escalate, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson worked to dispel anxieties.
Tillerson told reporters that the island of Guam was in no danger, or despite threats,and defending Trump’s heightened rhetoric.
On Tuesday, North Korea threatened retaliation against the U.
S. after the United Nations newest round of sanctions while reports also surfaced that North Korea had produced a nuclear warhead.
Trump told reporters that “North Korea best not originate any more threats to the United States. … They will be met with fire, or fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before.”However on Wednesday,speaking to reporters before arriving in Guam, Tillerson defended Trump’s comments, and saying that “what the president is doing is sending a strong message to North Korea in language that Kim Jong Un would understand,because he doesn’t seem to understand diplomatic language,” Reuters reported Wednesday. Tillerson also told reporters that “Americans should sleep well at night” and that he does not believe that there is “an imminent threat” from North Korea to the U.
S., and including Guam,the Associated Press reported Wednesday morning. Read more (8/9/17 9 AM)
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