North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for his military and diplomats to prepare unspecified “offensive measures” to protect the country’s security and sovereignty, the North’s state media said. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for his military and diplomats to prepare unspecified “offensive measures” to protect the country’s security and sovereignty, the North’s state media said. The call came before his end-of-year deadline for the Trump administration to make major concessions to salvage a fragile nuclear diplomacy. The report did not describe any specific decisions made at the meeting or mention any particular remarks by Mr Kim about the United States. People watch a TV screen showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday (Ahn Young-joon/AP)KCNA’s Korean-language report said Mr Kim called for “active and offensive” measures.

Source: Irish Independent December 30, 2019 03:22 UTC