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Sunday, December 24, 2017

North Korea threatens US with its 'cannons' after Trump announces security strategy




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North Korea lashed out at the US on Friday, days after President Trump put forward his national security strategy, in which he warned that the U.S. was ready to respond to threats from Pyongyang with "overwhelming force."
A spokesman for North Korea's foreign ministry accused Trump of openly proclaiming Washington's intention of taking military action against the isolated Asian country, and threatened to retaliate with "cannons."
"As the US set its diplomatic and security policy at crushing us militarily and is publicly aiming a sword at us, we will make the US bitterly regret its strategy with our cannons," the spokesman said, according to North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency. A translation was provided by South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
President Donald Trump points during the 58th Presidential Inauguration parade for President Donald Trump in Washington.© AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais President Donald Trump points during the 58th Presidential Inauguration parade for President Donald Trump in Washington. Tensions between the US and North Korea have boiled over in Trump's first year in office. Pyongyang has ramped up its tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles and, in September, detonated what it said was a hydrogen bomb - its most powerful nuclear weapon to date.
Trump has responded to North Korea's weapons tests with threats of military action. In a speech before the United Nations General Assembly in September, Trump said the US would "totally destroy" North Korea, if necessary.
The president revealed his national security strategy on Monday, taking a hardline on North Korea and reiterating his claim that military action against the rogue country was still on the table, though he made no mention of a preemptive strike on the North.
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