Global markets slipped Friday after fresh threats from North Korea revived the geopolitical fears that engulfed markets earlier this month. North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said late Thursday in New York that the country may consider a nuclear test of “unprecedented scale” in the Pacific Ocean. Those comments came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was considering the “highest level of hard-line countermeasure” in response to President Donald Trump’s warning that the U.S. would annihilate North Korea if forced to defend itself or its allies. Havens got a boost following the North Korean threats. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance during a visit to a fruit orchard in Kwail county, South Hwanghae province in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on Sept. 21.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 22, 2017 02:50 UTC