{"id":1756,"date":"2017-10-07T08:17:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T08:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2017-10-07T08:17:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T08:17:53","slug":"north-korea-plans-to-test-missile-it-thinks-can-reach-us-west-coast-russian-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/north-korea-plans-to-test-missile-it-thinks-can-reach-us-west-coast-russian-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea plans to test missile it thinks can reach US west coast, Russian official says\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hide-on-mobile\">\n<header class=\"content__head tonal__head tonal__head--tone-news\n\n    \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"tonal__standfirst u-cf\">\n<div class=\"gs-container\">\n<div class=\"content__main-column\">\n<div class=\"content__standfirst\">\n<p>Lawmaker who visited country says Pyongyang provided calculations suggesting missile could reach US, as CIA analyst predicts action on 10 October<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content__main tonal__main tonal__main--tone-news\">\n<div class=\"gs-container\">\n<div class=\"content__main-column content__main-column--article js-content-main-column \">\n<div class=\"js-score\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"js-sport-tabs football-tabs content__mobile-full-width\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"img-1\" class=\"media-primary media-content()  \">\n<div class=\"u-responsive-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"maxed responsive-img\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5b582989c4bbf2aaf68dc15c62d2268b19775963\/0_111_5400_3240\/master\/5400.jpg?w=300&amp;q=55&amp;auto=format&amp;usm=12&amp;fit=max&amp;s=36f29b4f9b82040e8bce58e555e39644\" alt=\"\u2018In general, their mood is rather belligerent,\u2019 said the Russian lawmaker.\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption caption--main caption--img\">\u00a0\u2018In general, their mood is rather belligerent,\u2019 said the Russian lawmaker. Photograph: Wong Maye-E\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"content__meta-container js-content-meta js-football-meta u-cf\n\n    \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"meta__extras \">\n<div class=\"meta__numbers\">\n<div class=\"meta__number js-sharecount\" title=\"Facebook: 594\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"u-h meta__number\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"content__dateline\">Friday 6 October 2017\u00a0<span class=\"content__dateline-time\">19.49\u00a0BST<\/span>Last modified on Friday 6 October 2017\u00a0<span class=\"content__dateline-time\">20.06\u00a0BST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body\">\n<p><a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/north-korea\">North Korea<\/a>\u00a0is preparing to test a long-range missile which it believes can reach the west coast of the United States, according to a Russian lawmaker who has just returned from a visit to Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<p>Anton Morozov, a member of the Russian lower house of parliament\u2019s international affairs committee, and two other Russian lawmakers visited Pyongyang on October 2-6, Russia\u2019s RIA news agency reported.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded\">\n<div class=\"rich-link tone-analysis--item \">\n<div class=\"rich-link__container\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__header\">\n<h1 class=\"rich-link__title\"><a class=\"rich-link__link\"><span class=\"rich-link__kicker\">Analysis<\/span>\u00a0A guide to North Korea&#8217;s advance toward nuclear weapons \u2013 in maps and charts<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__standfirst u-cf\">Following North Korea\u2019s most powerful nuclear test to date, we chart the country\u2019s progress in developing a nuclear weapon that can credibly threaten the US<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThey are preparing for new tests of a long-range missile. They even gave us mathematical calculations that they believe prove that their missile can hit the west coast of the United States,\u201d Morozov said on Friday, according to RIA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as we understand, they intend to launch one more long-range missile in the near future. And in general, their mood is rather belligerent.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Morozov\u2019s comments drove up the price of US treasury bonds, as investors worried about the prospect of new North Korean missile tests moved into assets the market views as a safe haven in times of uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters was not able to independently verify Morozov\u2019s account, and he did not specify which North Korean officials had given him the information about the planned test.<\/p>\n<p>In Washington, a US official said that there had been indications that\u00a0<a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/north-korea\">North Korea<\/a>\u00a0could be preparing for a missile test on or around 10 October, the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Korean Workers party.<\/p>\n<p>The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not disclose the type of missile that could be tested and cautioned that North Korea in the past has not staged launches despite indications that it would.<\/p>\n<p>A senior CIA analyst, speaking at a conference in Washington this week, said the North Korean government likely would stage some kind of provocation on 10 October but did not elaborate on what form it might take.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a clarity of purpose in what [North Korean leader] Kim Jong-un is doing. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s done,\u201d said Yong Suk-lee, the deputy assistant director of the CIA\u2019s Korea Mission Center, which was set up this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, I told my own staff [that] October 10th is the Korean Workers party founding day. That\u2019s Tuesday in North Korea, but Monday \u2013 the Columbus Day holiday &#8211; in the United States. So stand by your phones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morozov\u2019s delegation had \u201chigh-level\u201d meetings in Pyongyang, RIA news agency said, citing the Russian embassy in the North Korean capital.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions over North Korea\u2019s nuclear programme have been running high in the past several weeks since Pyongyang staged a series of missile tests, and conducted a test explosion on 3 September of what it said was a hydrogen bomb.<\/p>\n<p>There has also been an exchange of tough rhetoric between Pyongyang and Washington.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2017\/sep\/19\/donald-trump-threatens-totally-destroy-north-korea-un-speech\">Donald Trump threatened to \u201ctotally destroy\u201d North Korea<\/a>\u00a0if it threatens the United States. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un responded by calling Trump deranged and saying he would pay dearly for his threat.<\/p>\n<p>Morozov is a member of the LDPR, a rightwing populist party. It casts itself as an opposition party, but hews close to the Kremlin line on matters of international affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Describing meetings with North Korean officials, Morozov said they \u201cdisplayed serious determination and bellicose rhetoric\u201d, RIA reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation, of course, demands the swiftest intervention of all interested states, particularly those represented in the region, in order to prevent wide-scale military action,\u201d the agency quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/russia\">Russia<\/a>\u00a0has closer relations with Pyongyang than many other world powers, linked in part to Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea and the current leader\u2019s grand-father, having lived for a time in the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded\">\n<div class=\"rich-link tone-analysis--item \">\n<div class=\"rich-link__container\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__header\">\n<h1 class=\"rich-link__title\"><a class=\"rich-link__link\"><span class=\"rich-link__kicker\">Analysis<\/span>\u00a0Why are North Korea&#8217;s leaders specifically threatening US bombers?<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__standfirst u-cf\">In response to Trump, Ri Yong-ho threatened to \u2018shoot down strategic bombers\u2019, showing fear of US bombardment and a potential for wider conflict<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Vladimir Putin has joined other world powers in condemning North Korea\u2019s weapons programme, but has taken a softer line than western governments.<\/p>\n<p>Putin has said that Pyongyang will not be cowed into giving up its weapons programme. He has accused Washington of trying to effect regime change in North Korea, and predicted that would unleash chaos.<\/p>\n<p>US treasury prices surged on the report of a possible new missile test, pulling yields lower, as investors cut risk out of their portfolios and sought the safety of Treasuries. Treasury prices move inversely to their yields.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/oct\/06\/north-korea-missile-test-us-west-coast?utm_source=esp&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&amp;utm_term=246951&amp;subid=24304884&amp;CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2\">North Korea plans to test missile it thinks can reach US west coast, Russian official says | World news | The Guardian<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmaker who visited country says Pyongyang provided calculations suggesting missile could reach US, as CIA analyst predicts action on 10 October \u00a0\u2018In general, their mood is rather belligerent,\u2019 said the Russian lawmaker. 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