{"id":50845,"date":"2017-11-06T07:34:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T07:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=50845"},"modified":"2017-11-06T07:34:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T07:34:41","slug":"north-korea-threatens-merciless-punishment-for-trump-as-asia-trip-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/north-korea-threatens-merciless-punishment-for-trump-as-asia-trip-kicks-off.html","title":{"rendered":"North Korea threatens MERCILESS PUNISHMENT for Trump as Asia trip kicks off"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea threatens MERCILESS PUNISHMENT for Trump as Asia trip kicks off<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The latest comments from the reclusive communist state come as Donald Trump begins a 12 day trip to Asia which includes visiting South Korea and China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Mr Trump kicks off his tour today in Japan before travelling to South Korea on Tuesday for a summit with President Moon Jae-in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea\u2019s newspaper of the ruling Workers\u2019 Party of Korea (WPK) the Rodong Sinmun published a comment piece that accused Mr Trump of &#8220;seriously stimulating&#8221; North Korea with his words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The paper said Mr Trump must heed assertions from other US experts that he must &#8220;halt the reckless blackmail and take hands off the Korean affairs\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) carried an English report of the article which stated: &#8220;Nobody can predict when Trump does a reckless act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThe only and one way for checking his rash act is to tame him with absolute physical power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;If the US misjudges (North Korea&#8217;s) toughest will and dares to act recklessly, the latter will be compelled to deal a resolute and merciless punishment upon the former with the mobilisation of all forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThe US has no energy to prevent it. 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