North Korea could test hydrogen bomb over Pacific Ocean, says foreign minister

North Korea's foreign minister warned Thursday that Pyongyang could test a powerful nuclear weapon over the Pacific Ocean in response to US President Donald Trump's threats of military action.

The country's Foreign Minister, Ri Yong Ho, told reporters in New York that the ultimate decision, however, was up to his boss, Kim Jong Un. Ri was due to address the United Nations General Assembly on Friday but has since dropped out.

"This could probably mean the strongest hydrogen bomb test over the Pacific Ocean. Regarding which measures to take, I don't really know since it is what Kim Jong Un does," said Ri. Ri's comments came shortly after Kim said that Trump would "pay dearly" for threatening to "totally destroy" North Korea during his UN speech Tuesday.

In a rare direct statement, Kim said he "will consider with seriousness exercising of a corresponding, highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history." 

"I am now thinking hard about what response he could have expected when he allowed such eccentric words to trip off his tongue," Kim said.

"I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard (senile person) with fire."Kim also said the comments were reflective of "mentally deranged behavior."  
 

UCJ, UNILORIN.