North Korea Could Test H-bomb in Pacific, Top Diplomat Says

Allen Zhong
By Allen Zhong
September 21, 2017World News
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North Korea Could Test H-bomb in Pacific, Top Diplomat Says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Sept. 16, 2017. (KCNA via REUTERS)

SEOUL, South Korea—South Korean media report North Korea’s top diplomat says his country may test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean to fulfill Kim Jong Un’s vow to take the “highest-level” action against the United States.

Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho comments Thursday on the sidelines of a United Nations gathering followed an extraordinary direct statement by Kim in response to President Donald Trump’s threat to “totally destroy” the North.

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports that Ri told reporters in New York that a response “could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific.”

Ri reportedly added that “We have no idea about what actions could be taken as it will be ordered by leader Kim Jong Un.”

Just before the report on the possible H-bomb test, President Trump signed a new Executive Order to target North Korea’s trading partners. “The regime can no longer count on others to facilitate its trade & banking activities,” President Trump said on his twitter.

Associated Press

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