North Korea says rockets to US 'inevitable' after Trump commentsNorth Korea said on targeting the US mainland with its rockets was inevitable after "Mr. Ri's speech capped a week of rising tensions between Washington and Pyongyang, with Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un trading insults. MARVIN GENTRY/GETTY US President Donald Trump has incensed North Korea by calling its leader Kim Jong Un "Rocket Man". Trump told the United Nations on Tuesday the United States would "totally destroy" North Korea if it threatened the United States or its allies. The United States and South Korea are technically still at war with North Korea because the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a truce and not a peace treaty.

Source: Stuff September 23, 2017 22:30 UTC