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16th April 2017
08:38am BST

Amid escalating tensions with the United States following the deployment of a US Navy strike group in the Korean peninsula, Choe Ryong-hae, believed to be the country's second most powerful official, said: "We're prepared to respond to an all-out war with an all-out war.
"We are ready to hit back with nuclear attacks of our own style against any nuclear attacks."
North Korea has already conducted five nuclear tests in defiance of UN and unilateral sanctions and the failed missile launch yesterday was described as “a show of force that threatens the whole world” in a statement by South Korea's Foreign Ministry.
"North Korea showing a variety of offensive missiles at yesterday's military parade and daring to fire a ballistic missile today is a show of force that threatens the whole world," the statement read.Explore more on these topics: