Tension on the Korean peninsula has been high for weeks, driven by concern that North Korea might conduct its sixth nuclear test or test-launch another ballistic missile in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions. Reclusive North Korea warned this week that US hostility had brought the region to the brink of nuclear war. "A hideous terrorists' group, which the CIA and the IS infiltrated into the DPRK on the basis of covert and meticulous preparations to commit state-sponsored terrorism against the supreme leadership of the DPRK by use of bio-chemical substance, has been recently detected." The US military has said CIA director Mike Pompeo visited South Korea this week and met the NIS chief for discussions. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday that Washington was working on more sanctions against North Korea if it takes steps that merit a new response.

Source: bd News24 May 05, 2017 10:30 UTC