North Korea: Kim Jong Un Warns US To Stop ‘Hostile Nuclear

>>87793
>"Washington's hope for North Korea's denuclearization is an outdated illusion," Rodong Sinmun, a North Korean newspaper, reportedly said.

Trump said during his campaign he was open to speaking with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un directly. The business mogul also made remarks about North Korea’s nuclear program and described Kim as a “maniac.” He also suggested that China could "make that guy disappear."

“We can’t play games with him,” Trump said in January while visiting Iowa. “Because he really does have missiles. And he really does have nukes.”

However, Trump emphasized in his victory speech Nov. 9 he was willing to work with any country open to working with the U.S.

>N. Korea-China trade on steady rise despite sanctions

SHANGHAI, Nov. 25 (Yonhap) -- Trade between North Korea and China increased for the third straight month in a row last month, inviting doubts over whether China is effectively taking part in the international community's economic sanctions' on its traditional ally, Chinese trade data showed Friday.

According to monthly data released by China's General Administration of Customs, the two communist countries traded goods worth US$525.24 million in October, up 21.1 percent from $433.73 million a year ago.

In the figure, China exported $286.86 million worth of goods to the North, up 16.1 percent on-year, and imported $238.38 million worth from the North, up 27.6 percent from a year before, the data said.

The monthly increase marked the third in a row since August, when the bilateral trade marked a 29.9 percent rise on-year in sharp comparison with a 9.1 percent drop in April following the U.N. Resolution 2270 adopted in March against the North's nuclear test in January. The figure also posted an 8.1 percent decline in May and a 15.7 percent decrease in July, except for a 9.4 percent hike in June.

In particular, China's exports of construction materials and vehicles have been noticeably on the rise, which apparently has something to do with ongoing bilateral infrastructure construction projects in their border areas.

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2016/11/25/0401000000AEN20161125006900315.html

>China's October coal imports from North Korea up on month after falling in September


China's coal imports from North Korea rose in October after falling more than a quarter in September from the previous month amid a push from the United States to punish North Korea for its recent nuclear test.

Coal imports from North Korea climbed 1.22 percent in October to 1.82 million tonnes compared with September, data from China's General Administration of Customs showed on Friday.

North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test on Sept. 9, and said it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile.
China expressed anger with North Korea for the test, its largest to date. China's coal imports from North Korea fell to 1.798 million tonnes that month from 2.465 million tonnes in August.

Earlier in the year, China said it would comply with U.N. sanctions and ban coal imports from North Korea following Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test in January, although Beijing has made exemptions based on "livelihood purposes".

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing after the figures were released that it was not the statistics people should be paying attention to, but whether the coal trade was legal.

"China has consistently fully and conscientiously carried out the U.N. Security Council's resolutions on sanctions on North Korea," Geng said.

Products like coal with a civilian purpose that do not benefit the nuclear and missile programs do not fall under the sanctions mandate and Chinese imports accord with those rules, he added.

"We uphold that the U.N. sanctions on North Korea should not have a negative impact upon livelihoods in North Korea or humanitarian needs," Geng said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-northkorea-coal-idUSKBN13K138

>>87793

You know what

I think North Korea has something against America.

>>88858
Duh...

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North Korea Again Broadcasts Coded Message of Numbers

North Korea has once again been broadcasting random numbers believed to be coded instructions to undercover spies.

At 1:15 AM South Korean time Friday, the overseas-directed Pyongyang Broadcasting Station announced it would broadcast the answer key to an electronic engineering quiz, allegedly for students enrolled in a distance learning course.

The anchor then recited a series of numbers, to the effect of "number four on page 26, number 48 on page 305" and so forth.

The numbers recited were identical to an earlier broadcast the station aired on November eleventh.

The practice had fallen dormant in recent years --- but this year, North Korea has transmitted 15 number broadcasts since June.
http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/news_IK_detail.htm?No=123511

>North Korea Radio Broadcasts Cryptic Numbers, Likely To Be Coded Messages For Spies In South Korea, Report Says
http://www.ibtimes.com/north-korea-radio-broadcasts-cryptic-numbers-likely-be-coded-messages-spies-south-2451089

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