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WORLD NEWS Thursday 6 July 2017

Kim vows North Korea’s nukes are not on negotiation table

By FOSTER KLUG to perfect such an arsenal.
HYUNG-JIN KIM South Korea President
Associated Press Moon Jae-in said Wednes-
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — day that the world should
North Korean leader Kim look at tougher sanctions
Jong Un vowed Wednes- against the North and in-
day his nation will “demon- sisted the problem must be
strate its mettle to the U.S.” solved peacefully.
and never put its weapons Speaking through an inter-
programs up for negotia- preter in Berlin before the
tions, a day after success- Group of 20 summit, Moon
fully testing its first intercon- called the test “a big threat
tinental ballistic missile. and provocation” and that
The hard line suggests that there should be consider-
North Korea will conduct ation of “more intensive
more weapons tests until possibilities of sanctions.”
it perfects nuclear-armed Worry also spread in Wash-
missiles capable of strik- ington and at the United
ing anywhere in the United Nations, where the United
States. Analysts say Kim’s States, Japan and South A man walks by a TV screen showing a local news program reporting about North Korea’s missile
government believes nu- Korea requested an emer- firing at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. North Korea’s leader
clear weapons are key to gency U.N. Security Coun- Kim Jong Un vowed his nation would “demonstrate its mettle to the U.S.” and never put its weap-
its survival and could be cil session Wednesday. U.S. ons programs up for negotiations a day after test-launching its first intercontinental ballistic mis-
used to wrest concessions Secretary of State Rex Tiller- sile. The hard line suggests more tests are being prepared as the country tries to perfect a nuclear
from the United States. son said the U.S. response missile capable of striking anywhere in the United States. The letters read “North Korea, release an
ICBM launching video.”
Tuesday’s ICBM launch, would include “stronger (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
confirmed by U.S. and measures to hold the DPRK
South Korean officials, was accountable,” using the “deep strike” precision mis- missiles and a computer- North Korean state media
a milestone in North Ko- acronym for the nation’s siles off South Korea’s east generated image depict- described leader Kim as
rea’s efforts to develop formal name, the Demo- coast Wednesday. South ing a North Korean flag “feasting his eyes” on the
long-range nuclear-armed cratic People’s Republic of Korea’s military later re- in flames with the back- ICBM, which was said to be
missiles. But the North isn’t Korea. leased previously shot vid- drop of a major building in capable of carrying a large
there yet, and many ana- In a show of force, U.S. and eo showing the test-firing of Pyongyang, North Korea’s nuclear warhead, before
lysts say it needs more tests South Korean troops fired sophisticated South Korean capital. its launch. q

Philippine court upholds martial law as siege’s end seen

By TERESA CEROJANO tion of martial law, which hoping the Supreme Court cision, saying, “as the con- of intense ground assaults
Associated Press President Rodrigo Duterte would be our last line of science of our nation, the and airstrikes, troops have
MANILA, Philippines (AP) imposed across the coun- defense against a patently Supreme Court did not sit recaptured most areas of
— The Philippine Supreme try’s southern third for 60 absurd decision built on a idly to watch our country Marawi including parts of
Court upheld this week the days after hundreds of gun- failure of intelligence and a get dismembered.” its central business district,
president’s declaration of men waving IS-style black rhetoric of violent machis- Calida has said evidence where the gunmen turned
martial law in the south in flags laid siege to southern mo,” said Machris Cabreros showed that an IS-linked buildings into sniper posts
a legal boost to a military Marawi city on May 23. of Akbayan, a left-wing po- alliance of four local ex- that slowed the military’s
offensive that the defense The petitioners argued the litical party whose officers tremist groups plotted to advance for weeks. Troops
chief said may soon suc- siege did not constitute a were among the petition- seize predominantly Muslim regained control Monday
ceed in quelling an upris- rebellion that could justify ers. “Instead they caved Marawi as part of a plot to of a key school compound
ing by Islamic State group- martial rule which might in and unwittingly opened create an Islamic caliphate where they recovered
linked militants. foster human rights abuses the door to further creep- in Southeast Asia. Duterte’s 15 assault weapons and
Supreme Court spokesman in a country that ousted ing authoritarianism.” move helped troops cap- found the remains of a for-
Theodore Te said 11 of 15 dictator Ferdinand Marcos The government’s top law- ture militants and block eign-looking fighter, proba-
justices voted to dismiss pe- in a 1986 revolt for massive yer, Solicitor General Jose their movement, security bly a Singaporean, military
titions against the declara- rights violations. “We were Calida, welcomed the de- officials said. After 43 days officials said.q