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North Korea state media says Kim oversees testing of 'newly developed' weapon - Yonhap

 

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel (not pictured) during his visit to Pyongyang, in this photo released on November 5, 2018 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's state media announced on Friday that leader Kim Jong Un inspected the site for testing a "newly developed cutting-edge strategic weapon", South Korean Yonhap news service reported.

 

North Korea's Korea Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS) said without elaborating that the weapon which Kim oversaw the testing of was "researched and developed for a long time", and that the test was successful, according to Yonhap.

 

(Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-11-16

[lannarebirth]

Not much newsworthy there. In other news out of North Korea this week, minefields along the DMZ are being removed as are various border checkpoints with South Korea.

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North Korea's Kim inspects testing of newly developed 'tactical' weapon - KCNA

 

FILE PHOTO North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a construction site in Yangdeok, in this undated photo released on October 31, 2018 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA/File Photo via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the testing of a newly developed tactical weapon, calling it "another display of our rapidly-growing defence capabilities to the whole region," North Korean state media said on Friday.

 

It was the first mention by state media of a new development in North Korea's weapons programme in months.

 

"This result today is a justification of the party's policy focussed on defence science and technology, another display of our rapidly-growing defence capabilities to the whole region, and a groundbreaking change in strengthening our military's combat capabilities," Kim said.

 

KCNA said the test was successful.

 

Kim said that the weapons system tested was one that his father, Kim Jong Il, was especially interested during his lifetime and led the development of personally.

 

This is Kim's first field visit to a testing site since his unprecedented summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in June, when the two leaders agreed to work toward denuclearisation and peace on the Korean peninsula, and to establish new relations between the United States and North Korea.

 

The agreement was short on specifics, and negotiations have made little headway since, however.

 

A North Korean delegation is currently in South Korea visiting economic-related sites as part of inter-Korean reconciliation efforts.

 

Any testing of new weapons is likely to raise tensions with Washington, which has said there will be no easing in international sanctions until North Korea takes more concrete steps to abandon its nuclear weapons or long-range missiles.

 

The White House referred questions about the latest development to the State Department, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

Trump on Tuesday criticized what he called "inaccurate" media reports that North Korea had not declared an estimated 20 missile bases and added in a tweet: "I will be the first to let you know if things go bad!"

 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had been due to meet North Korea's Kim Yong Chol, a senior aide to Kim Jong Un, in New York earlier this month, but it was postponed to a later date.

 

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday Trump plans to meet Kim Jong Un again in 2019 and will push for a concrete plan outlining Pyongyang's moves to end its arms programs.

 

(Reporting by Joyce Lee; additional reporting by Matt Spetalnick and David Brunnstrom in WASHINGTON; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-11-16

[Tug]

Uh ho I think Donald’s gonna feel miffed his buddy dident ask if it was ok 

[bristolboy]

38 minutes ago, Tug said:

Uh ho I think Donald’s gonna feel miffed his buddy dident ask if it was ok 

I think he'll just see it as foreplay.

[Burma Bill]

Quote: " a newly developed cutting-edge strategic weapon" - BAYONET???

[neeray]

Stay tuned for news of many more new weapons and tests in the years to come. Same old same old. But of coarse, it might just be called FAKE news.

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