North Korea lashed out again on Wednesday at large-scale military exercises – involving its southern neighbor and the United States – this time saying that war was “unavoidable.”The comments were attributed to an unnamed North Korea Foreign Ministry spokesman, who said “bellicose comments” from high-ranked US officials, including CIA Director Mike Pompeo, had confirmed Washington’s intent for war. Pompeo had said on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was unaware of how tenuous his situation was both domestically and internationally. McMaster said the possibility of war with North Korea was “increasing every day.” North Korea’s Kim and US President Donald Trump have traded insults, engaging in heated rhetoric, several times in recent months. Meanwhile, a Chinese daily newspaper in a province bordering North Korea on Wednesday published a list of tips for how readers should best protect themselves in the event of a nuclear attack in North Korea. North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong Guk met Feltman in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation and other issues of mutual interest, the North’s KCNA news agency said.

Source: Egypt Independent December 07, 2017 11:15 UTC