North Korean dictator Kim
Jong-un was pictured this week overseeing a special forces commando
operation, as leaders warned a war could break out imminently with the
US
North Korean officials warned President Trump against acting aggressively against the secretive state
China immediately responded, saying anyone provoking conflict will 'pay the price'.
China's foreign minister Wang Yi said today there would be 'no winner' in any war, as tensions mount with the US.
He told reporters in Beijing: 'Dialogue is the only possible solution.'
Wang
stated: 'Lately, tensions have risen with the US and the ROK (Republic
of Korea in the South) on one side, and the DPRK (Democratic People's
Republic of Korea in the North) on the other, and one has the feeling
that a conflict could break out at any moment.
'If a war occurs, the result is a situation in which everybody loses and there can be no winner.'
Wang said that whichever side provoked a conflict 'must assume the historic responsibility and pay the corresponding price'.
Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists: 'Moscow is watching with
great concern the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula. We
call for restraint from all countries and warn countries not to pursue
actions that could consist of any provocative steps.'
Fully armed US Aircraft from the 18th Wing during the no-notice exercise in the Korean Peninsula
US troops carrying out military
exercises near the border between North and South Korea in Paju, South
Korea, today as tensions escalate
US Air Force 44th and 67th
Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagles and 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron E-3
Sentries taxi down the runway in the joint drills with Japan which have
provoked North Korean anger
North
Korea blames Trump and the US for the rising tensions, according to
Han, who cited US-South Korean wargames, the deployment of a US aircraft
carrier to the peninsula last weekend, as well as Trump's recent tweets
on Tuesday that the North is 'looking for trouble'.
Han's
remarks, on the eve of the country's biggest national holiday, the 'Day
of the Sun', were released hours after a member of the Trump
administration denied a report claiming the US was prepared to launch a
pre-emptive strike to halt any nuclear test at the weekend.
In
the past week Trump has shown his willingness to launch military
strikes, with US missiles deployed in Syria and Afghanistan.
The tension around North Korea
is high ahead of a major North Korean holiday, the birthday of its
founding dictator Kim Il Sung, tomorrow
The US has been carrying out operations in the Korean peninsula alongside Japanese allies to enhance combat readiness
North
Korea's vice foreign minister Han Song Ryol blamed President Donald
Trump on Friday for 'making trouble' through his 'aggressive tweets'
He
ordered air strikes on a Syrian air base in resp
Trump's recent tweets on Tuesday said the North i
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi
warned there would be 'no winner' if a conflict broke out between the
United States and North Korea
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Trump diverted the USS Carl
Vinson (pictured in March) toward the Korean peninsula last weekend in a
show of force against North Korea
'IT WAS LIKE THE BULLETS HAD EYES': KIM PRAISES TROOPS AFTER SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING DRILL
North
Korean despot Kim Jong-un this week oversaw a special forces commando
operation as tensions soar with Washington over Pyongyang's nuclear
programme.
Pictures released by state
media show the dictator looking on from an observation post and smiling
as special forces troops dropped from light transport planes 'like hail'
and 'mercilessly blew up enemy targets'.
According
to the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim
praised his troops for their precision, saying 'the bullets seemed to
have their own eyes'.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un
has overseen a special forces commando operation, state media said on
April 13. Pictured, an undated photo of the regime's special operation
forces
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CIA
director Mike Pompeo said North Korea was closer now than it had ever
been to being able to threaten the United States with a nuclear-tipped
intercontinental missile
It did not identify when and where the operation had been held.
The
agency's report said: 'The contest proved once again that our Korean
People's Army... will show a real taste of gun shot and real taste of
war to the reckless invaders.'
The
North has since said it is ready for war with the US, while speculation
is mounting that it might conduct a nuclear or missile test to mark the
105th birthday anniversary of founder Kim Il-Sung on Saturday.
The
reclusive state has long been on a quest to develop a long-range
missile capable of hitting the US mainland with a nuclear warhead, and
has so far staged five atomic tests, two of them last year.
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The smiling North Korean leader
is seen watching his 'elite fighting force' on a military training
exercise in photos released today
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The Rodong Sinmun - the official
mouthpiece of the ruling Workers' Party - carried several photos from
the contest showing firefight excercises
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Yesterday Kim oversaw a commando
operation in which special forces dropped from light transport planes
'like hail' and 'mercilessly blew up enemy targets'
Kim praised his troops for their
precision in the trai
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Satellite images of the
Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site taken on April 12 appears to show vehicles
parked around the North Portal of the site. North Korean monitoring
service 38 North said the facility is 'primed and ready' for a sixth
nuclear test
North 38, which monitors North
Korea, has released a series of picures with one showing how tarp covers
pallets of equipment or supplies to protect them from view while
workers have been seen walking around the site in another sign of
activity at the site
But North Korea blames Trump and the US for the rising tensions, according to Han.
'Trump
is always making provocations with his aggressive words. So that's why.
It's not the DPRK but the U.S. and Trump that makes trouble,' he said.
The annual military exercises have consistently infuriated the North, which views them as rehearsals for an invasion.
Washington
and Seoul deny that, but reports that exercises have included
'decapitation strikes' aimed at the North's leadership have fanned
Pyongyang's anger.
source: dailymail
