Morning Star.png DPRK offers to stop testing the ‘Dagger of Destruction’ Wants an end to annual 300,000-man US-South military exercises The Morning Star, London, 25 April 2016 As the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea tested a submarine-launched missile this weekend, the Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong offered to halt nuclear weapons tests if the US ceases military exercises with the south. The northern Korea’s Central News Agency (KCNA) said hereditary leader Kim Jong Un watched the launch of the ballistic missile near the coastal town of Sinpo on Saturday (pictured). KCNA called it a “dagger of destruction” to strike at Pyongyang’s enemies. In response, US State Department spokesman John Kirby announced travel restrictions on Mr Ri, who was in New York for a United Nations meeting on sustainable development. During his visit, Mr Ri said his government would be willing to stop nuclear tests if the US and South Korea end their annual joint military exercises in preparation for war with the north, involving 300,000 personnel this year. Questioning US claims to be defending South Korea, Mr Ri said: “A country as small as the DPRK cannot actually be a threat to the US or to the world.” He also dismissed the UN security council’s recent ramping-up of sanctions, saying: “If they believe they can actually frustrate us with sanctions, they are totally mistaken. The more pressure you put on to something, the more emotionally you react to stand up against it.” South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the proposal was “not worth considering.” On Friday Seoul rejected an offer by Pyongyang to allow relatives of 13 recently “defected” workers from Korean restaurants in China to visit them in the south. Pyongyang claims the émigrés were abducted. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-f3e3-Korea-North-offers-to-stop-testing -Kims-dagger-of-destruction#.Vx2xGfl9600 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
