A North Korean official has suggested “highest level” actions mentioned to by Kim Jong Un in a statement on Wednesday could refer to the detonation of an H-bomb on the Pacific Ocean, according to South Korean media.
South Korea’s state news agency Yonhap reported on Friday that North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong Ho said the “highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history” – mentioned in Mr Kim’s response to US President Donald Trump’s threat to “totally destroy” North Korea during a United Nations speech on Tuesday – may be the detonation of a hydrogen bomb on the Pacific.
“It could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific,” Mr Ri told reporters, according to Yonhap. “We have no idea about what actions could be taken as it will be ordered by leader Kim Jong Un.”