25 August, 2017
North Korea revealed plans for the development of its missile programme on Wednesday, as leader Kim Jong-Un ordered stepped-up production of rocket engines and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nosecones.
One of the photos from Mr. Kim's visit to the institute that were carried in the main North Korean state-run newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, showed what appeared to be a conceptual diagram for a missile called the Pukguksong-3.
Guam's number two politician Wednesday rolled out the welcome mat to tourists, promising his sun-kissed tropical island is safe - despite North Korea's threat to launch missiles toward the Pacific US territory. "Hard to believe that South Korea. and Japan will put up with this much longer".
Joe Dresnok, whose death, aged 74, has been confirmed by his sons on North Korean Television, was the last surviving American defector to North Korea, the rogue communist state with which the United States was at war in the early 1950s.
The Trump administration hopes to bring North Korea to the negotiating table through a combination of military and economic pressures.
The North regards current joint military exercises by Seoul and Washington as a rehearsal for an invasion.
In the same commentary, KCNA also criticized South Korea's "puppy-like" Defense Minister Song Young-moo, who it said was "running wild" while relying on the "master of the White House". He said that that could signal "restraint".
The U.S. "has stepped on the same rake" again, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
He hoped that this could be the beginning of the signal the USA has been looking for.
"Singapore will strictly fulfil its obligations under the UNSCRs and worldwide law, and not allow our financial system to be abused for the conduct of illicit activities", the ministry said in a statement, referring to U.N. Security Council resolutions.
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The United States is technically still at war with the North because their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.
The North says it needs nuclear weapons to protect itself against the U.S.
