N Korea warns ‘more gift packages’ are on the way asTrump arms Japan, South Korea

Amid international uproar over North Korea’s biggest nuclear weapons test to date, one of Pyongyang’s top diplomats has said they are ready to send “more gift packages” to the United States.

Key points:

• Pyongyang says recent developments were a “gift package” and more are coming
• Donald Trump says he is allowing Japan, South Korea to buy more sophisticated arms
• North Korean diplomat says “pressure or sanctions will never work” on Pyongyang

Han Tae Song, North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, was addressing the UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament two days after his country detonated its sixth nuclear test explosion.

“I am proud of saying that just two days ago on September 3, DPRK successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test for intercontinental ballistic rocket under its plan for building a strategic nuclear force,” Mr Han told the Geneva forum.

Photo: Mr Han said attempts to pressure Pyongyang were “futile”. (Reuters: Denis Balibouse)

“The recent self-defence measures by my country, DPRK, are a ‘gift package’ addressed to none other than the US.

Source: North Korea warns ‘more gift packages’ are on the way as Donald Trump arms Japan, South Korea – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)