Kim bides time over Guam strike
The North Korean leader says that if the US persists in reckless actions on the Korean peninsula, the country will take action
Seoul — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said on Tuesday he would hold off on a planned missile strike near Guam, but warned the move would go ahead in the event of further “reckless actions” by Washington. Some analysts suggested Kim’s comments opened a possible path to de-escalating a growing crisis fuelled by bellicose words between US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leadership. Their recent exchanges were focused on a North Korean threat to fire a volley of four missiles over Japan towards the US territory of Guam, which hosts a number of military bases. The North’s KCNA news agency said Kim was briefed on the “plan for an enveloping fire at Guam” during an inspection of the Strategic Force command in charge of the nuclear-armed state’s missile units. However, Kim said he would “watch a little more the foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees” before executing any order.
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