Australia, New Zealand hit back at North Korea threat

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Australia and New Zealand stiffened their rhetoric against North Korea Sunday after the isolated state threatened Canberra with a nuclear strike, urging it to think twice before "blindly and zealously toeing the US line".

The move comes as US Vice President Mike Pence wraps up an Asia tour, which has included visits to South Korea, Japan and Australia partly to reassure allies amid fears that Pyongyang may be readying for a sixth nuclear test.

"If Australia persists in following the US' moves to isolate and stifle North Korea... this will be a suicidal act," a North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said after Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop called the hermit state a "serious threat".

The spokesman, speaking to the North's official KCNA news agency, warned Bishop to "think twice about the consequences".

Australia's close ally New Zealand has since accused North Korea of having "evil intent".

Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee told Television New Zealand Sunday people knew little about Kim Jong-Un's regime but "you would assume that underneath him there is a very big machinery of people who have equally evil intent".

"It's North Korea that is sending the missiles into the Sea of Japan and making the various outrageous threats including the threats overnight to Australia," he added.

Australia's Bishop added on Sunday that the North Korean government "should invest in the welfare of its long-suffering citizens, rather than weapons of mass destruction".

The reclusive state has long been seeking to develop a long-range missile capable of hitting the US mainland with a nuclear warhead, and has so far staged five atomic tests, two of them last year.

Pence vowed Wednesday that the US would counter any attack with an "overwhelming and effective" response after a senior North Korean official pledged weekly missile tests and "all-out war" if the US took any action against it.

In Sydney, Pence maintained calls for Pyongyang's sole ally China to do more to rein in its neighbour.

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull also urged China to use its leverage over the hermit state, describing the North Korean regime as "reckless and dangerous".

He added that Australia and the US were "absolutely united" in their determination to achieve a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.

Supercarrier Carl Vinson is due to start joint exercises with Japan's navy on Sunday, Tokyo's defence ministry said, with the drills expected to last several days and involve two Japanese warships.

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[Sithara007]

IMO, Kim Jong Un must restrict his rhetoric to comments against the United States only. There is no need to antagonize Australia and New Zealand, when they are just following the orders from the Americans.

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USA only say attack north korea
all country affiliate and related with USA and england can follow attack, australia and newzeland comenwealth country is related with england
i think only wait instruction australia and newzeland can follow attack

[Challenger2015]

IMO, Kim Jong Un must restrict his rhetoric to comments against the United States only. There is no need to antagonize Australia and New Zealand, when they are just following the orders from the Americans.

All this rhetoric, Kim is not even worth one penny. These words are designed for Koreans. The Americans, they cause laughter. Americans give a chance for Kim to give up nuclear weapons and to preserve your face inside North Korea.

[joebrook]

Why doesn't members of Kim Jong Un just overthrow this man and possibly kill so that the entire world may breath easily. He is a serious threat to the entire world.

[Barrymore]

Why doesn't members of Kim Jong Un just overthrow this man and possibly kill so that the entire world may breath easily. He is a serious threat to the entire world.

The funny thing is that he actually poses no threat to the world. The parade which Kim organized this year showed that in North Korea, very old weapons and in case of war with America it will not help the Koreans. Words Kim rocked the air and have no power.

[bryant.coleman]

Why doesn't members of Kim Jong Un just overthrow this man and possibly kill so that the entire world may breath easily. He is a serious threat to the entire world.

The North Koreans are thoroughly brainwashed and therefore it is impossible to overthrow the dictator. The majority of the population remains loyal to him, and they are ready to defend him with their lives. And till now, he has been a threat only for South Korea and Japan (even for them, it is all words and no action). He is just a joker, and we need to ignore him.

[Barrymore]

Why doesn't members of Kim Jong Un just overthrow this man and possibly kill so that the entire world may breath easily. He is a serious threat to the entire world.

The North Koreans are thoroughly brainwashed and therefore it is impossible to overthrow the dictator. The majority of the population remains loyal to him, and they are ready to defend him with their lives. And till now, he has been a threat only for South Korea and Japan (even for them, it is all words and no action). He is just a joker, and we need to ignore him.

How do you think the Koreans will defend Kim? Now the development level of North Korean technology and weapons is in the 80s of the last century. You think they're gonna be able to resist the Americans?

[rajasumi3]

Well i guess there will be a war in those countries with north korea.well never to estimate n.korea because they have a lot of power and missile which could blow the any nation with a single blow.

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People of DPRK is proud to defend the cultural difference with any resource.

[Forester618]

I wonder what Australia is going to respond to North Korea? I have not heard about the great power of the Australian army. It seems to me that the budget of $ 13 billion is not a budget of a powerful army. Probably it's just PR.

[Sithara007]

I wonder what Australia is going to respond to North Korea? I have not heard about the great power of the Australian army. It seems to me that the budget of $ 13 billion is not a budget of a powerful army. Probably it's just PR.

Australia is like a vassal state of the United States. They will have a nominal presence in any NATO attack against the North Korea. They may send a few hundred soldiers and a couple of frigates. The Americans will have to do the major part of the fighting themselves.