05 August, 2017
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un claimed early past year to have tested an H-bomb, but most experts debunked such claims, arguing that the North had developed what is called a boosted fission weapon - or in layman's terms, a more powerful atomic bomb.
'Because he has the whole world against him, right?
When asked to confirm the ICBMs North Korea has launched had the ability to land anywhere within the United States, McMaster said, "I'm not going to confirm it".
In his interview on MSNBC on Wednesday, McMaster described North Korea's missiles as a "grave threat".
"Since 1953, the Korean peninsula has been in a state of armistice", McMaster said. "I don't think anybody has a very clear picture of the inner workings of that regime", he said.
Quizzed on the range of North Korea's newest missile, the Hwasong-14, McMaster refused to confirm how far it could range. It's a grave threat'. However, reports at the time coming out of South Korea claimed that North Korea was likely "one level away from a hydrogen bomb".
"The Party joins the North Korean people in condemning United States threats of invasion against their country", it added.
There are now three Americans in detention in North Korea, following the release of Otto Warmbier earlier this year, who died shortly after being handed over to American authorities.
On Wednesday President Trump signed the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which imposed new restrictions on North Korea, Iran and Russian Federation.
