Two American B-1B bombers flew through South Korean airspace and over the country’s Pilsung Range on the latest exercise there, the US air force said on Thursday. North Korea’s official KCNA news agency claimed that the planes carried out bombing drills simulating attacks on major targets in the country. Returning North Korea to the list of state sponsors of terrorism “is something that’s under consideration”, he added. The US kept North Korea on its terrorism blacklist for two decades after the 1987 bombing of a South Korean airliner that killed 115 people. In a recent speech at the United Nations, Trump said he would “totally destroy” North Korea if necessary and derided Kim as “little Rocket Man”.

Source: The Guardian November 02, 2017 22:38 UTC