UN kicks off investigation into North Korea’s acquisition of Niuean ship passing Busan port
According to the UN report, North Korea is observed to have newly acquired 14 cargo ships and oil tankers this year.
According to the UN report, North Korea is observed to have newly acquired 14 cargo ships and oil tankers this year.
Leading a “field inspection” of the military drill conducted from Sept 25 to Sunday, Kim also said there is no need to speak with “enemies”.
Any conflict over Taiwan could drag in the United States, Japan and perhaps much of the world, as well as shatter the global economy.
The launches came after North Korea publicly justified its flurry of missile test launches as a “planned self-defensive” action against US military threats.
In recent years, Australia has been increasingly concerned about China's efforts to build ties across the Pacific.
The ambassador also said that dialogue and consultation are the only viable way to resolve the peninsula issue.
Beijing is believed to be imitating the Kremlin’s example ahead of Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, by launching an information war on social media.
The latest missile launches have come as an apparent tit-for-tat action against the redeployment of a US aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula.
The missile launch was the sixth in 12 days and the first since North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan on Oct 4.
The redeployment came after Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile over Japan earlier this week, its first IRBM launch in eight months.