If war does come, it will be because of continued acts of aggression like we witnessed yesterday ... And if war comes, make no mistake, the North Korean regime will be utterly destroyed." "Just spoke to President Xi Jinping of China concerning the provocative actions of North Korea. It flew higher and longer than any North Korean missile before, landing in the sea near Japan. The new Hwasong-15, named after the planet Mars, was a more advanced version of an ICBM tested twice in July, North Korea said. In just three months, South Korea hosts the Winter Olympics at a resort just 80km from the heavily fortified border with North Korea.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 29, 2017 23:03 UTC