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North Korea Threatens U.S., Pompeo for Breakdown in DiplomacyNorth Korea issued new warnings to the U.S. on Thursday, blasting recent statements by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and threatening military action if diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang continues to falter.A statement from North Korea's foreign ministry said the U.S. "viciously slandered" the country, citing the recent release of State Department reports about human trafficking and religious freedom that rank North Korea poorly, and Pompeo's comments on Sunday reiterating that 80 percent of North Korea's economy remains under U.S. sanctions."It would be difficult to look forward to the improvement of bilateral relations and denuclearization of the Korean peninsula as long as American politics are dominated by the policy-makers who have an inveterate antagonism towards the DPRK," the statement read, using North Korea's preferred acronym for itself. "If anyone dares to trample over our sovereignty and the right to existence, we will never hesitate to pull a muscle-flexing trigger in order to defend ourselves."Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2019-06-27/north-korea-threatens-us-pompeo-for-breakdown-in-diplomacy
This is sort of going both ways actually per the other story where Chairman Xi of China is indicating Mexico might be willing to denuclearize. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/06/27/Kim-Jong-Un-is-willing-to-denuclearize-Xi-Jinping-says/2591561644322/
Mexico?? When did they get nukes??
Have you never eaten the Taco Bell Supreme Burrito?
@EdJames I think it was right after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
I thought that it was over then....
