N.Korea says South’s propaganda broadcasts push situation to ‘brink of war’

The Kimmel team did fib to folks on the street by telling them that the world was congratulating North Korea, and asked them to do the same, but they gladly did.

Coincidentally, The New Yorker tweeted a picture of its tribute to Kim on January 8, the date believed to be his birthday.

But he continued, “we have to be bigger than the North Koreans….” The United States and South Korea are limited in their military options.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he had made clear in a phone call with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that China’s approach to North Korea had not succeeded.

The test set off a diplomatic frenzy as the UN Security Council met to discuss possible sanctions and world leaders sought to build a consensus on an appropriate response to such a grave violation of UN resolutions. But the figure for North Korea is estimated to be 13-27%. For current sanctions and any new penalties to work, better cooperation and stronger implementation from China is seen as key.

Pakistan today expressed concern over North Korea’s claim of carrying out its first hydrogen bomb test, saying it “opposes any action which is detrimental to peace and stability in the region”.

North Korea’s announcement Wednesday that it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, however, is testing new uncharted waters in bilateral ties. This video has been seen by more than 7 million people. The North’s broadcasts were not clearly audible from the South and appeared meant to drown out those from the South, Yonhap said, citing a South Korean official.

The August bursts were a mix of popular music known as K- pop, recordings of casual conversations and discussions about the importance of human rights and the lives of South Korea’s middle class, according to the defense ministry in Seoul. “I want to emphasize that the origin and frictions of the North Korean nuclear issue do not lie in China”.

The border broadcast’s songs and messages are chosen by the South Korean military’s psychological department, and Pyongyang considers them an act of war.

President Barack Obama, in talks with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, reaffirmed the “unshakeable US commitment” to the security of the two Asian allies.

“The officials reiterated that they do not and will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state and made a decision to continue to cooperate closely and share information on North Korea’s nuclear threat”, Urban said.

The deployment of USA military assets, which serves as a show of force against Pyongyang’s provocations, could include a nuclear-powered submarine, the F-22 stealth combat fighter and the B-52 bomber, South Korea’s Defence Ministry said.

On Wednesday, Pyongyang announced it had tested a hydrogen bomb. “At this point, what makes their nuclear arsenal more unsafe is not so much the explosive power of the bomb, but its size, weight and the ability to deliver it with missiles”, he said.