{"id":355387,"date":"2017-09-22T05:33:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T05:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=355387"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:16:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:16:46","slug":"kim-deranged-trump-will-pay-for-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=355387","title":{"rendered":"Kim: &#8216;Deranged&#8217; Trump will pay for speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Kim Jong-un has said remarks by &#8220;deranged&#8221; US President Donald Trump have convinced him he is right to develop weapons for North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>In a rare personal statement, via state media, the North Korean leader said Mr Trump would &#8220;pay dearly&#8221; for his recent speech to the UN.<\/p>\n<p>The US president\u00a0said on Tuesday\u00a0that if America was forced to defend itself it would &#8220;totally destroy&#8221; North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump also mockingly called Mr Kim a &#8220;rocket man&#8221; on a &#8220;suicide mission&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries have been engaging in increasingly heated rhetoric in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea has been testing missiles at an unprecedented rate, and conducted its sixth nuclear test despite international condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, who had earlier compared Mr Trump&#8217;s speech to\u00a0&#8220;the sound of a barking dog&#8221;,\u00a0has warned that Pyongyang could test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean in response to the US president&#8217;s threat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific,&#8221; Mr Ri said,\u00a0quoted by South Korea&#8217;s Yonhap news agency.<\/p>\n<p>However, he added: &#8220;We have no idea about what actions could be taken as it will be ordered by leader Kim Jong-un.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">What missiles and nuclear weapons does North Korea have?<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">North Korea crisis in 300 words<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">What are North Korea&#8217;s other WMDs?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Kim said in an English statement carried by state news agency KCNA that Mr Trump&#8217;s remarks &#8220;have convinced me, rather than frightening or stopping me, that the path I chose is correct and that it is the one I have to follow to the last&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said &#8220;now that Trump has denied the existence of and insulted me and my country in front of the eyes of the world and made the most ferocious declaration of a war in history&#8221;, North Korea would consider the &#8220;highest level of hard-line countermeasure&#8221; to make Mr Trump &#8220;pay dearly for his speech&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image narrative-video-placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p05glpbp.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He ended by saying he would &#8220;surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Experts believe this is the first time a North Korean leader has made a direct address to an international audience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a dotard?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">The\u00a0Oxford English Dictionary defines it\u00a0as &#8220;an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Its first known use was in the 14th Century and initially meant &#8220;imbecile&#8221;, according to the\u00a0US Merriam-Webster Dictionary. It stems from the Middle English word &#8220;doten&#8221; which means &#8220;to dote&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Searches for the term have been &#8220;high as a kite&#8221; since Mr Kim released his statement,\u00a0Merriam-Webster tweeted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Kim&#8217;s comments prompted swift criticism from the Japanese government.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in a news conference on Friday: &#8220;North Korea&#8217;s remarks and behaviour are provocative to regional and international security, and they are absolutely unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles over Japan in the past month, raising regional tensions even further.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">How do you defend against Pyongyang?<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Sanctions won&#8217;t stop us, warns N Korea<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Can the world live with a nuclear North Korea?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Trump on Thursday signed a new order\u00a0boosting sanctions\u00a0against North Korea, where the US treasury would target firms and financial institutions doing business with Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;For much too long North Korea has been allowed to abuse the international financial system to facilitate funding for its nuclear weapons and missile programs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The UN Security Council had approved new rounds of sanctions earlier this month aimed of starving North Korea of fuel and income, which were in response to Pyongyang&#8217;s much-condemned\u00a0sixth nuclear test\u00a0on 3 September.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea was one of the top issues dominating the agenda at the UN General Assembly in New York, where several speakers called for a de-escalation of tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that &#8220;military hysteria&#8221; over the nuclear testing would lead to &#8220;disaster&#8221;, while China&#8217;s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Pyongyang not to go in a &#8220;dangerous direction&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Jong-un has said remarks by &#8220;deranged&#8221; US President Donald Trump have convinced him he is right to develop weapons for North Korea. In a rare personal statement, via state media, the North Korean leader said Mr Trump would &#8220;pay dearly&#8221; for his recent speech to the UN. 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