North Korea denounced the US deployment of a naval strike group to the region Tuesday, warning it is ready for »war » as Washington tightens the screws on the nuclear-armed state. The strike group — which includes the Nimitz-class aircraft supercarrier USS Carl Vinson — cancelled a planned
Seoul (AFP) – North Korea denounced the US deployment of a naval strike group to the region Tuesday, warning it is ready for »war » as Washington tightens the screws on the nuclear-armed state.
The strike group — which includes the Nimitz-class aircraft supercarrier USS Carl Vinson — cancelled a planned trip to Australia this weekend, heading to the Korean peninsula instead in a show of force.
« This goes to prove that the US reckless moves for invading the DPRK have reached a serious phase, » a spokesman for the North’s foreign ministry said according to state news agency KCNA.
« The DPRK is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the US, » he said, using the country’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
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President Donald Trump, fresh from ordering a missile strike on Syria that was widely interpreted as a warning to North Korea, has asked his advisors for a range of options to rein in Pyongyang, a top US official said Sunday.
Trump has previously threatened unilateral action against Pyongyang if China — the North’s sole major ally — fails to help curb its neighbour’s nuclear ambitions.
But Pyongyang’s response suggested the reclusive state is determined to continue on its current path, despite repeated rounds of United Nations sanctions.
« We will take the toughest counteraction against the provocateurs in order to defend ourselves by powerful force of arms, » the foreign ministry spokesman said.
