North Korea has warned it will retaliate if the global community ramps up sanctions over its latest round of weapons tests.
The warning comes after US President Donald Trump threatened the United States was prepared to go it alone and “solve North Korea” if China did not step in.
The isolated state has quickened its missile programme in recent months, with a volley of tests it says are putting it closer to acquiring the ability to hit the US mainland with a nuclear weapon. US-based analysts have said North Korea appears to be preparing a new atomic test. It has staged five nuclear tests so far, two last year.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the ground test of a new jet engine in this undated picture provided by KCNA last month. Photo: Reuters
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North Korea’s foreign ministry on Monday assailed Washington for its tough talk and for an ongoing joint military exercise with South Korea and Japan which Pyongyang sees as a dress rehearsal for invasion.
The world will soon witness what eventful steps the DPRK will take to frustrate the hideous and reckless sanctions racket
North Korean foreign ministry spokesman
The “reckless actions” are driving the tense situation on the Korean peninsula “to the brink of a war”, a ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by the official KCNA news agency.
