{"id":54285,"date":"2017-12-11T06:25:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T06:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=54285"},"modified":"2017-12-11T06:25:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T06:25:24","slug":"kim-jong-un-threatens-to-ramp-up-north-koreas-nuclear-arsenal-in-ww3-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/kim-jong-un-threatens-to-ramp-up-north-koreas-nuclear-arsenal-in-ww3-warning.html","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong-un threatens to RAMP UP North Korea&#8217;s nuclear arsenal in WW3 warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Kim Jong-un threatens to RAMP UP North Korea&#8217;s nuclear arsenal in WW3 warning<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">KIM Jong-un has hinted at boosting North Korea&#8217;s nuclear arsenal in his latest threat to trigger World War 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The reclusive dictator yesterday vowed to &#8220;complete the state&#8217;s nuclear force&#8221;, describing it as a &#8220;great historic cause&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He made the comments to top North Korean military officials after reportedly climbing the hermit state&#8217;s tallest mountain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Pyongyang&#8217;s state media released an image of the despot at the top of Mount Paektu, which the regime considers a sacred site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In a statement, the Korean Central News Agency claimed Kim scaled the 2,744m mountain while &#8220;going through thick snow&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">However, the images show the communist leader wearing smart clothes, including leather shoes, and carrying no specialist equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Even more bizarrely, the press release suggested Kim controlled the weather to make it sunny once he reached the peak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It said: &#8220;When Kim Jong-un ascended to the top of the mountain, going through thick snow, it showed fine weather unprecedented in the blizzard of December winter, exposing its majestic figure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;The mountain showed joy at the appearance of the peerlessly illustrious commander who controls the nature&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In a quote from the report, Kim even bragged about the visibility on the mountain following his &#8216;weather miracle&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He said: &#8220;The weather is so fine that we can see peaks on the shore of Lake Chon more clearly as if they are before our very eyes.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">China&#8217;s Foreign Minister yesterday warned the crisis on the Korean peninsula had entered a vicious circle of confrontation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Speaking in Beijing, Wang Yi said: &#8220;The outlook is not optimistic. But at the same time it can be seen that hopes for peace have yet to extinguished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;The prospects for negotiations still exist, and the option of resorting to force cannot be accepted.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea is pursuing nuclear and missile weapons programmes in defiance of international condemnation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The United States and South Korea conducted large-scale military drills this week to counter the threat posed by Pyongyang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The North reacted with fury, saying the drills had made the outbreak of war &#8220;an established fact&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">On November 29, Kim&#8217;s regime test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile which it claimed was capable of reaching the US mainland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It sparked a warning from Washington that North Korea&#8217;s leadership would be &#8220;utterly destroyed&#8221; if war were to break out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Pentagon has mounted repeated shows of force after Pyongyang&#8217;s tests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The United States stations 28,500 troops in the South, a legacy of the Korean War in the 1950s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/890173\/North-Korea-Kim-Jong-un-nuclear-World-War-3-United-States-Pyongyang-conflict<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/kim-jong-un-threatens-to-ramp-up-north-koreas-nuclear-arsenal-in-ww3-warning.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Jong-un threatens to RAMP UP North Korea&#8217;s nuclear arsenal in WW3 warning KIM Jong-un has hinted at boosting North Korea&#8217;s nuclear arsenal in his latest threat to trigger World War 3. 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