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The South Korean government questioned the use of trade safeguards by the U.S. to protect

American companies making washing machines and solar panels,... at a recent World Trade

Organization meeting.

According to Seoul's trade ministry,... the two safeguard cases sparked the most debate

during a meeting of the WTO Safeguards Committee on October 23rd.

Other members, including the European Union, Australia, and Vietnam also agreed with Korea's

concerns.

Member countries noted that the U.S. was not traditionally a user of safeguard mechanisms

and claimed that Washington failed to provide enough evidence that foreign imports were

causing damage big enough to meet the threshold outlined in the safeguard statute.

For more infomation >> WTO members question U.S. use of safeguard tool in washer, solar cases - Duration: 0:40.

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North Korea vows 'powerful show of military strength' in defiance of US threats - Duration: 3:37.

North Korea vows 'powerful show of military strength' in defiance of US threats

The hermit kingdom has dragged the world to the brink of an all-out nuclear war this year after a series of reckless missile tests.

The US and its allies have since stepped up military drills on the Korean peninsula, while South Korea and Japan are now considering developing their own nuclear arsenals.

But tubby tyrant Kim Jong-un shows no signs of backing down and has vowed further military action.

A commentary from state propaganda rag Rodong Sinmun reads: "The present reality, in which the US aggression moves are getting evermore pronounced, requires bolstering up the self-reliant defence capability in quality and quantity.

"The struggle against the imperialists should depend on powerful military strength as it is accompanied by muscle-flexing." The North has repeatedly stressed its rights to nuclear weapons as a means of self-defence against the US.

It has previously tested a Hwasong-14 inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) and Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missile, both of which have the range to hit US territories.

The regime has also threatened to detonate a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, a move which could trigger a third world war.

"The struggle against the imperialists should depend on powerful military strength as it is accompanied by muscle-flexing" Rodong Sinmun The statement adds: "Now that the dark clouds of nuclear war against the DPRK is constantly hanging over the Korean peninsula, it is the steadfast will of our Party and the DPRK government to defend the sovereignty and peace of the country and the dignity of the nation on the powerful self-reliant strength." The US is now readying for a massive missile defence drill after North Korea's threat to detonate an H-bomb last month.

Daily Star Online understands the Pentagon is readying the exercise at their base in the Reagan Test Site in the Pacific. US forces will run the drill from between October 29 and November 4 – testing their capabilities to shoot down missiles.

Warnings are in place for pilots urging them to stay away from the network of atolls around the Marshall Islands. US General James Mattis yesterday warned Kim of a massive military response if he crosses the line.

North Korea's so-called Juche Bird is considered the ultimate provocation against the US. The weapon would be a live-fire test of a nuclear warhead mounted on top of an ICBM.

For more infomation >> North Korea vows 'powerful show of military strength' in defiance of US threats - Duration: 3:37.

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US to SHOOT DOWN missiles as North Korea threatens to 'detonate H-bomb' over Pacific - Duration: 3:39.

US to SHOOT DOWN missiles as North Korea threatens to 'detonate H-bomb' over Pacific

Daily Star Online understands the Pentagon is readying the exercise at their base in the Reagan Test Site in the Pacific. US forces will run the drill from between October 29 and November 4 – testing their capabilities to shoot down missiles.

Warnings are in place for pilots urging them to stay away from the network of atolls around the Marshall Islands. It comes as Kim Jong-un has promised to detonate a nuclear missile over the Pacific Ocean.

North Korea's top diplomat has promised the threatened the warning must be taken "literally".

"North Korea has always brought its words into action" Ri Yong Pil US missile defence forces tested interceptors over the range back in May following a North Korean missile launch.

At the time officials denied it was in reaction to Kim's actions, claiming it had been planned for "years".

Daily Star Online understands a similar test will be carried out this week – however it is unclear whether it is a direct response to North Korea.

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a warning for the area telling planes to stay way. It warned "deadly force" may be used against pilots of breach airspace around the Kwajalein Atoll.

Tensions between North Korea and the US have spiked this year as US General James Mattis warned Kim of a massive military response if he crosses the line.

North Korea's so-called Juche Bird is considered the ultimate provocation against the US. The weapon would be a live-fire test of a nuclear warhead mounted on top of an ICBM.

Kim would fire the missile out in the Pacific before detonating it – in a move that could trigger World War 3.

US commanders have tested a number of missile interceptors in recent weeks off the coast of Scotland. Two versions of warship-based missiles where launched as US destroyers arrived for the Joint Warrior drill near Cape Wrath.

Daily Star Online has contacted the USs Missile Defense Agency for comment.

North Korea has not tested a missile since September 15 – despite fears from the CIA and South Korea. Experts have said the firing of the Juche Bird is possible if Kim are "pushed hard enough".

Daily Star Online previously revealed which side Russia would take if North Korea went to war with the US.

For more infomation >> US to SHOOT DOWN missiles as North Korea threatens to 'detonate H-bomb' over Pacific - Duration: 3:39.

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Defense chiefs of S. Korea, U.S. hold talks in Seoul on N. Korea, alliance - Duration: 2:13.

The United States has once again said it will never accept North Korea as a nuclear state.

U.S. defense chief James Mattis, who is visiting Seoul, said Pyongyang's nuclear and missile

programs serve to undermine, not strengthen its security.

Kim Hyun-bin reports.

North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile threats topped the agenda on Saturday at the

annual 49th Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul.

To better counter those threats,...

South Korea's Defense Minister Song Young-moo and U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis agreed

to increase the deployment of U.S. strategic assets around the peninsula on a rotational

basis... and to enhance cooperation so Seoul can obtain and develop state-of-the-art military

equipment.

The two also shared views on the transfer of wartime operational control from Washington

to Seoul,... one of the key goals of the Moon Jae-in administration.

(Korean) "Secretary Mattis and I agreed to consider

the timing and conditions of a condition-based OPCON transition.

We will continue to work, develop and refine plans on this issue in time for the next Security

Consultative Meeting."

Mattis pulled no punches on North Korea,... calling Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program

"illegal and unnecessary."

He also stressed that Washington wants to find a diplomatic solution to the nuclear

crisis,... but military force remains an option, if need be.

"The United States will not accept a nuclear North Korea.

Diplomacy is our preferred course of option.

As I repeatedly emphasized, our diplomats are most effective when backed by credible

military force in this sort of situation."

Mattis also took the opportunity to warn Pyongyang against the idea of ever trying to use its

nuclear weapons offensively.

"Make no mistake.

Any attack on United States or our allies will be defeated.

Any use of nuclear weapons by the North will be met with massive military response, effective

and overwhelming."

This year's Security Consultative Meeting marks the first since Presidents Moon Jae-in

and Donald Trump took office earlier this year.

The 50th SCM will be held in Washington in 2018.

Kim Hyun-bin, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> Defense chiefs of S. Korea, U.S. hold talks in Seoul on N. Korea, alliance - Duration: 2:13.

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HURRICANE DEVASTATION: Puerto Rico's power outages are the largest in US history - CNN BREAKING NEWS - Duration: 1:34.

For more infomation >> HURRICANE DEVASTATION: Puerto Rico's power outages are the largest in US history - CNN BREAKING NEWS - Duration: 1:34.

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US to be WIPED OUT by North Korea in nuclear war according to Biblical prophecy - Duration: 3:07.

US to be WIPED OUT by North Korea in nuclear war according to Biblical prophecy

American Pastor Greg Laurie, of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, believes the US could be obliterated in a nuclear war before the end of the world begins.

Pastor Laurie says the prophecy was revealed to him after he read the Bible and discovered there was no mention of a "reigning superpower" in the end days, which he has interpreted as the US being destroyed imminently.

He said: "Here is what concerns me. We do not find the reigning superpower on the face of the Earth anywhere in the Last Days scenario.

"So where is America? I pray we are not out of the picture, because we have been in some kind of nuclear conflict.".

As things stand, it would seem the nation most likely to attack the US with nuclear weapons would be North Korea.

But as Pastor Laurie points out, there is no mention of Kim Jong-Un's nation either – but it does talk about Iran which could assist North Korea by the Pastor's reckoning.

He said: "In the Last Days there is no mention of any nation that would resemble North Korea however the Bible does speak of Iran in the End Times scenario.  "You might be surprised to know there is an alignment of sorts between North Korea and Iran.

"In fact, former ambassador the United Nations John Bolton recently said if North Korea developed a delivery system for nuclear weapon Iran would have it the next day simply by writing a cheque."  North Korea has repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons and in its latest warning has told the US to take the threat "literally".  The Asian nation has been ramping up threats to the US and has increased testing of nuclear weapons in recent months.  The most recent test took place on September 3 at the Punggye-ri Test Site which was so powerful it was registered as a 5.7 magnitude earthquake by the South Korean government.

China and the US also registered it as an earthquake at at even-stronger 6.3 magnitude.

Kim Jong-un also issued another warning to the US as a senior diplomat from Pyongyang said warnings of a possible atmospheric nuclear test over the Pacific Ocean should be taken "literally".  Mr Trump is set to make a visit to Asia next week in a bid to highlight his campaign to put pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programmes.

For more infomation >> US to be WIPED OUT by North Korea in nuclear war according to Biblical prophecy - Duration: 3:07.

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♦️ Massive military response' if North Korea Fires Nukes: US - Duration: 3:04.

Welcome to top daily breaking news.

Here is the new update for you.

The United States will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and any nuclear attack by Pyongyang

will be met with a massive military response, the US defence chief warned.

James Mattis made the comments in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday at a joint press conference

with his counterpart Song Young-moo, a day after visiting the demilitarised zone that

has divided the two Koreas since the 1950-53 war on the peninsula.

Mattis said.

"Any use of nuclear weapons will be met with a massive military response.

"I can't imagine a condition under which the United States will accept North Korea as a

nuclear power…

Our combined effort is to deter that sort of threat or to have military options - many

different military options - that would realistically reduce that threat as low as possible.

And yes, we do have those options," the defence secretary said.

The North's official Rodong Sinmun newspaper accused the US and South Korea on Saturday

of "crazily beating the drum of confrontation".

Using the acronym for the country's official name, Democratic People's Republic of Korea,

it added "no force can ever check the strenuous advance of the DPRK … demonstrating its

dignity as a nuclear power".

In a commentaryon Friday, the official Korean Central News Agency warned the US, South Korea,

and Japan against "militarist ambition".

{articleGUID} The United States "eggs its junior allies on to come out as cannon fodder",

it said, adding the three countries "must clearly understand that retaliation of justice

will ensue the reckless military action".

Tensions on the divided peninsula have heightened in recent months after a flurry of intercontinental

ballistic missile (ICBM) tests and the North's sixth and most powerful nuclear detonation

last month.

The United States fears Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities will soon reach the point where

it can fire a nuclear-tipped ICBM that is able to hit the US mainland.

President Donald Trump has warned the US will "totally destroy" the communist country if

it attacks the United States or its allies in the Asia-Pacific region.

For its part, North Korea has condemned repeated US-South Korean military exercises off the

peninsula, which it says are a prelude to a military strike aimed at decapitating regime

of leader Kim Jong-un. Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley, reporting from Seoul, said despite Mattis'

strong language on Saturday, the Pentagon chief did stress diplomacy was the preferred

way forward.

"He is working in a highly tense situation now.

The ante has been upped considerably in the last few weeks," said Birtley.

"With President Trump visiting on November 7-8, some people believe that will be a catalyst

from some kind of response.

The foreign minister of North Korea has intimated there could be an atmospheric nuclear test

- maybe that could happen during President Trump's visit."

That is all from the news room.

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