{"id":399999,"date":"2017-01-09T20:41:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T18:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=399999"},"modified":"2017-01-09T20:41:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T18:41:19","slug":"us-north-korea-trade-threats-over-potential-missile-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/fr\/2017\/01\/us-north-korea-trade-threats-over-potential-missile-test\/","title":{"rendered":"US, North Korea trade threats over potential missile test"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pyongyang – North Korea says it reserves the right to test an intercontinental ballistic missile whenever it sees fit, in the latest rhetorical volley with Washington over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.
The North’s Korean Central News Agency on Monday quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesperson as saying, \u00ab\u00a0The ICBM will be launched anytime and anywhere determined by the supreme headquarters\u00a0\u00bb of the country.
Kim Jong Un announced in his New Year’s address that the country had reached the \u00ab\u00a0final stages\u00a0\u00bb of ICBM development. The North has not explicitly said it will conduct an ICBM test in the immediate future.
On Sunday, on \u00ab\u00a0Meet the Press,\u00a0\u00bb US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said the US military would shoot down any North Korean missiles appearing to be headed toward territory of the US or its allies.
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