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NORTH Korea will not engage in diplomatic negotiations with the US until it has a missile capable of reaching “all the way to the East coast of the mainland US”, according to a new report. The hermit kingdom has recklessly brushed aside negotiations until the country can “counter” the US’ military might. A North Korean official said: “Before we can engage in diplomacy with the Trump administration, we want to send a clear message that the DPRK has a reliable defensive and offensive capability to counter any aggression from the United States.” The careless disregarding of negotiations heightens global tensions shortly after the US and Japan agreed to increase their stranglehold over the hermit kingdom. The US Undersecretary of State, John Sullivan, stated: "We must, however, with our allies in Japan and South Korea and elsewhere, be prepared for the worst should diplomacy fail.”
The US ambassador to South Korea, Ahn ho-Young, added: "The goal of the Trump administration's sanctions and pressure campaign is ultimately a peaceful solution to the North Korean problem. “Whether it's Defence Secretary James Mattis or Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, they all say the same thing." In order for the rogue nation to be able to reach the United States, Pyongyang would have to develop an ICBM capable of exiting and re-entering the earth’s atmosphere without breaking up. White House chief of staff, John Kelly, declared last week that the isolationist kingdom “is developing a pretty good nuclear re-entry vehicle”. This week the US has begun 10 days of joint naval drills with South Korea in a move that has provoked the hermit kingdom.
The United States Forces Korea claimed the drill "prepares service members and their families to respond to a wide range of crisis management events such as non-combatant evacuation and natural or man made disasters”. Despot leader Kim Jong-un’s refusal to participate in diplomatic talks until his deranged nuclear ambitions are achieved are a direct insult to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson who recently stated that “diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops”. North Korea’s reckless move comes as the country is currently grovelling to China as the rogue state faces an economic and military squeeze from the rest of the world.
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