Tag: missile threat

Guam locals and tourists relieved after Kim holds off on missile threat

YIGO, Guam (Reuters) — There was a sense of relief throughout Guam on Tuesday (August 15), as Kim Jong Un signalled a pause in his plan to fire missiles to land in waters near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam. Residents in Guam were reassured about Kim Jong Un’s change of plans, “No attack? Awesome. What else, can I say, right?” said Perez. “(If) he had decided to move on with what he had promised, […]

Trump says US military ‘locked and loaded’ on N.Korea

  by Maggy Donaldson in Washington / with Laurent Thomet in Beijing Agence France Presse President Donald Trump on Friday once again upped the ante in his war of words with North Korea, warning Pyongyang that the US military is “locked and loaded” in the event of a misstep by the totalitarian state. Ignoring appeals from China for restraint, Trump launched another rhetorical salvo at the North to keep its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile […]