N.Korea ready to ‘counter-attack’ in face of USA ‘provocation’

North Korea could have enough plutonium and highly enriched uranium by the end of 2016 to build up to 20 nuclear bombs, a leading USA nuclear scientist says.

The true nuclear capability of the isolated and secretive state is impossible to verify.

“The US imperialists keep letting their nuclear strategic bombers fly over South Korea in a bid to seek an opportunity of mounting a preemptive nuclear attack”, said the KCNA statement.

He said it’s urgent that the council unite, “show firm resolve” and commitment, and not lose time in sending a strong message to North Korea that their nuclear tests and ballistic missile launches are unacceptable and must stop.

An “ordinary” North Korean passport must be returned after travel.

North Korea’s state television aired footage of workers responding to widespread floods that was described as the worst since the end of World War II. In 2-3 years he will be able to put nuclear warheads on those missiles, and that will give him a credible capability of attacking USA cities.

The International Humanist Party calls on people to not fall into naivety and believe that a small country such as North Korea is putting humanity in danger.

Expert opinions and estimates were made based on the indicators seen in satellite images. There is also a possibility that North Korea could make as many as 16 plutonium bombs.

A satirical sketch comedy show on North Korean government-run TV lampooned U.S. President Obama in a weird attempt to boast about the county’s nuclear tests. Passport Index, which tells users every country they can visit without a visa (and in turn, rates the most powerful passports), reports that a North Korean passport allows visa-free access to 41 countries-Haiti, Singapore, and Ecuador included.

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in his memoirs that A.Q. Khan, the father of that country’s nuclear program, transferred two dozen centrifuges to the North and some technical expertise around 1999. Wit also indicated that the test may take place in early October.

Hecker reported being shown around a two-story building in the Yongbyon complex in November 2010 that a North Korean engineer said contained 2,000 centrifuges and a control room Hecker called “astonishingly modern”.

Beijing also argues that Washington should talk to Pyongyang, but whether that is even a possibility depends on the outcome of the USA presidential election in November.

Television in North Korea isn’t known for its laughs, but that’s changed now that a comedy programme has returned to the air after a break of several years.

Oh said that it took three months for the Security Council to adopt a new resolution after the North’s fourth nuclear test in January, and that members of the council hope to adopt a new resolution faster than last time.