North Korea Responds to Provocations from Trump Administration
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Conatus News/Uncommon Ground Media Inc.
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2017/04/15
People’s Daily Online reports that the North Korea has promised retaliation if the United States takes military action against them.
Xinhua News Agency reported that the foreign minister for North Korea made an official statement that North Korea would attack with nuclear force based on further United States aggression in the region. The United States has been a source of provocation to North Korea, which is prepared – according to the public statement – to act on provocation with nuclear aggression.
“The spokesperson for North Korea’s Institute for Disarmament and Peace issued a statement condemning the [United States] for launching military attacks on a sovereign state while ‘crying out for peace by strength.’”
Pyongyang in North Korea is preparing to move forward with its 6th nuclear test. It is of concern to many for the possibility of a thermonuclear war or thermonuclear weapons in the peninsula. This could have implications for both security and world peace. China has expressed concern.
China is pushing to stop the “irreversible stage” for North Korea, according to Reuters. China states that this irreversible stage is an unmanageable stage. The preventatives from reaching that point are crucial for the maintenance of eased tensions and continuance of peace. Threats between North Korea and the United States create a dangerous environment for the rest of the world.
The US Navy launched 59 Tomahawk missiles on Syria based on deadly gas attacks. The US is pushing back by warning that the policy of “strategic patience” is at its end for America. The US Vice President Mike Pence will be travelling to Asia – including South Korea – for a 10-day trip starting on Sunday.
Additionally, North Korea is preparing tests for ballistic missile use that can fire upwards of 800 km, which could reach South Korea. For North Korea, this could become a strategic asset with South Korea in range of the ballistic missile.
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