HE’S BEEN A VERY NAUGHTY BOY
Donald Trump slams North Korean despot Kim Jong-un for ‘acting very badly’ after testing new long-range rocket engine
The US president slapped down the dictator for 'misbehaving'
DONALD Trump has blasted North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un for "acting very, very badly".
The US President hit out after the dictator tested a new high-thrust engine at the Tongchang-ri rocket launch station.
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Trump told reporters Jong-Un had been "misbehaving" as he travelled from Florida to Washington on Air Force One.
It follows a damning tweet about North Korea on Friday. He said: "North Korea is behaving very badly. They have been "playing" the United States for years. China has done little to help!"
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Yesterday Jong-Un was seen with a huge beaming smile as his generals applauded the successful trial of a long-range missile engine at the Sohae launch site.
The test aimed to confirm the engine's thrust power and gauge the reliability of its control system.
The North Korean despot hailed it “a great event of historic significance” for the country's development of intercontinental missiles.
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It comes after North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests and a series of missile launches, in defiance of U.N. sanctions.
And it is believed by experts and government officials to be working to develop nuclear-warhead missiles that could reach the United States.
Officials said the test was carried out at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, where North Korea has conducted long-range rocket tests.
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South Korea's military declined to comment.
Yesterday the US hinted that it would consider a pre-emptive strike on North Korea – as President Trump took aim at the country’s despotic regime.
The Washington-based think tank 38 North said last week satellite imagery indicated activity at the site's vertical engine stand, possibly in preparation for a rocket engine test.
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Commenting on Kim Jong-un, reaction to the test, a North Korean spokesman said: "He noted that the success made in the current test marked a great event of historic significance as it declared a new birth of the Juche-based rocket industry.
"He emphasised that the whole world will soon witness what eventful significance the great victory won today carries.”
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