North Korea threatens US with nuclear weapon

The long range strategic bomber then returned to Guam.

Osan is south of Seoul and 77 km (48 miles) from the Demilitarised Zone that separates the two Koreas. “North Korea’s nuclear test is a blatant violation of its worldwide obligations”.

The U.S. deployed the B-52 Stratofortress, a long-range strategic bomber, as a countermeasure, U.S. Forces Korea said in an e-mailed statement.

The U.S. Pacific Command said the flyover was “in response to a recent nuclear test by North Korea”.

The chairman of South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff, Lee Sun-jin, said North Korea was likely to carry out further sudden provocations.

South Korea also resumed anti-North propaganda broadcasts using loudspeakers along the border, a tactic that the North considers insulting.

North Korea’s fourth nuclear test has quickly escalated into the most high-profile standoff with the belligerent, brainwashed country in three years.

The real objective of the nuclear test was not to defend North Korea against imperialism, but to reach an accommodation with it, particularly with Washington.

Last week, the CNN crew visited the North Korean Science and Technology Center, the public face of the government’s push to develop its technological and scientific capabilities as it ramps up its nuclear program.

“In order to induce a change in China’s position regarding sanctions on North Korea in the direction South Korea wants, the only choice is to change its strategic calculations”, he said. Analysts are predicting the North may soon test a revamped version of a rocket it successfully tested in December 2012.

Tensions in the Korean peninsula are running high after Pyongyang recently claimed to have tested a new H-bomb, raising concerns over the security of the region.

Kim congratulated them on “succeeding in the first H-bomb test… and bringing about a great, historic event”, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported.

The test also could be linked to Kim’s birthday last Friday, and the first ruling workers’ party congress planned for May.

Juche is the North’s home-grown state ideology that combines Marxism and extreme nationalism established by the state founder and the current leader’s grandfather, Kim Il Sung.

“Kim expressed his conviction and expectation that the [scientists] continue to move forward [to help the country become a nuclear force] and contribute to the country’s scientific research”, the state mouthpiece said.

North Korea has reportedly set up some loudspeaker stations of its own in the border area to drown out the South’s broadcasts.

While the South’s broadcasts also include news and pop music, much of the programming challenges North Korea’s government more directly.

While such threats from the North are routine, the Kim regime has been particularly belligerent about the broadcasts that offer troops and civilians near the border a glimpse of the contrasting realities between the two sides. A popular ice fishing festival near the border attracted an estimated 121,300 people on Saturday and 100,000 on Sunday, Yonhap reported.