In response to the statement given by Obama which said that the government in Pyongyang shouldn’t take any provocative measure, the North Korean government stated that they would oppose the U.S and South Korean Naval excercises with “Nuclear Deterrence”.
North Korea will “legitimately counter with their powerful nuclear deterrence the largest-ever nuclear war exercises to be staged by the U.S. and the South Korean puppet forces,” the National Defense Commission said, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
The maneuvers, which involve 20 vessels and 200 aircraft from the U.S. and South Korea, pose a threat to the country’s sovereignty and security, Ri Tong Il, an official with North Korea’s delegation to the Asean Security Forum, told reporters in Hanoi yesterday.
Earlier that day, the foreign minister of North Korea Pak Ui Chun had a meeting with Hillary Clinton that discussed security of Asia’s largest powers. Clinton prohibited the North Korean government to take any provocative steps or to act dangerously. Campaigns promoting such things were strictly condemned urging Kim Jong’s government to change. Read more…