23 September, 2017
"Regarding which measures to take, I don't really know since it is what Kim Jong Un does", said Ri.
Share prices retreated yesterday after North Korea said it might test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, spooking most investors who made a decision to stay on the sidelines. "If (Trump) meant to scare us with the sound of a dog barking then he is clearly dreaming", said Ri at the United Nations Headquarters in NY.
North Korea's foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho, told reporters in NY the "highest level" of action could be the "most powerful" detonation of a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean.
Trump commended Chinese President Xi Jinping for a "very bold" order by his nation's central bank to stop China's financial institutions from dealing with North Korea.
The United Nations Security Council had also condemned the recent launch of another ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and called on the country's leadership to halt such activities and explore resumption of honest dialogue on de-nuclearisation.
He further said, "It is time for North Korea to realise that de-nuclearisation is its only acceptable future". He said the order would also allow the United States to identify new industries - including textiles, fishing and manufacturing - as potential targets for future actions. Because the US president was speaking publicly on the world stage at the U.N., Kim thought he'd resort to "stereo-typed, prepared remarks a little different from what he used to utter in his office on the spur of the moment". -North Korea nuclear crisis, no one can be sure where this would lead or whether the North will even carry out its threat.
"All relevant parties should exercise restraint instead of provoking each other", said Foreign Minister spokesman Lu Kang.
"There is still hope for peace and we must not give up".
In recent months, the North has launched a pair of still-developmental ICBMs it said were capable of striking the continental United States and a pair of intermediate-range missiles that soared over Japanese territory. Yuri Maltsev / Reuters Children prepare for a performance in Onchon County near Pyongyang, North Korea.
The executive order Trump inked just ahead of the lunch enhances Treasury Department authorities to target individuals who provide goods, services or technology to North Korea, Trump said.
South Korea approved a plan on Thursday to send $8 million worth of aid to North Korea, as China warned the crisis on the Korean peninsula was getting more serious by the day.
"It would also send a disturbing signal to the US and the global community that North Korea had now "arrived" as a full-fledged nuclear weapon state".
Last month, the Trump administration blacklisted 16 Chinese, Russian and Singaporean companies and people for trading with banned North Korean entities, including in coal, oil and metals.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were questions whether North Korea had the capabilities to conduct such a test but declined to specify how the United States would respond.
