North Korea FM: US Declared War, Pyongyang Has Every Right to Take Actions

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said Monday the DPRK has every right to "take countermeasures against the United States, including shooting down American strategic bombers outside the DPRK's airspace, as Donald Trump declared war" on the Asian country.

Ri stressed that the the "declaration of war" means that all options will be on the table for the North Korean leadership.

"The whole world should clearly remember it was the US who first declared war on our country," Ri said to reporters in New York as quoted by Reuters.

He went on by stating that Trump declared war on North Korea by claiming the DPRK's "leadership would not be around much longer." Trump made the aforementioned comment in response to Ri Yong's UN General Assembly speech.

Delivering a speech at the UN General Assembly on Saturday, Ri stressed that North Korea would inevitably target...