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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 25 september 2024
North Korea vows response to U.S. submarine’s visit to South Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM will never find their resting
Associated Press place in the region of the
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Korean Peninsula," she said.
The powerful sister of North "We will continue to inform
Korean leader Kim Jong Un that all the ports and military
vowed Tuesday to boost the bases of the ROK are not safe
country's nuclear war capa- places." ROK stands for the
bility and take other steps to Republic of Korea, South Ko-
protest the recent arrival of rea's formal name.
a nuclear-powered U.S. sub- Her comments suggested
marine in South Korea. North Korea may test-fire a
North Korea has repeatedly missile whose range covers
vowed to expand its nuclear a South Korean site where
arsenal, but the latest threat the U.S. submarine is docked,
by Kim Yo Jong came after some observers say.
North Korea dialed up re- South Korea's military said
gional tensions by unveiling the USS Vermont, a nucle-
a uranium-enrichment facil- ar-powered and fast-attack
ity and testing a new ballistic submarine, arrived at the The USS Vermont, a nuclear-powered and fast-attack submarine, enters a naval base in Busan,
missile earlier this month. southeastern South Korean South Korea, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.
In a statement carried by port city of Busan on Monday Associated Press
state media, Kim Yo Jong to take on supplies and allow ing nuclear threats. rea's first unveiling of a urani- cruise missile.
said that the submarine's its crew to rest. Pyongyang often responds um-enrichment facility since Since late May, North Korea
visit "clearly reveals the fran- Temporary deployments of furiously to such visits, calling it showed one at the coun- has also floated thousands
tic military and strategic at- powerful U.S. military assets them proof of hostile inten- try's main Yongbyon nuclear of trash-carrying balloons
tempt of the U.S." She said like aircraft carriers, nuclear- tions, and reacts with missile complex to visiting American toward South Korea in a
North Korea's nuclear war powered submarines and tests. scholars in 2010. Last week, Cold War-style psychologi-
deterrent must be bolstered bombers to South Korea are On Sept. 13, North Korea's North Korea tested a newly cal campaign, prompting
"both in quality and quantity not unusual, but Washington state media published pho- built ballistic missile designed South Korea to restart anti-
continuously and limitlessly" has boosted them over the tos of a secretive facility to to carry what it calls "a 4.5- Pyongyang propaganda
in response. last year in a show of force enrich uranium for nuclear ton super-large conventional loudspeaker broadcasts at
"The U.S. strategic assets against North Korea's evolv- weapons. It was North Ko- warhead" and a modified border areas.q

Burkina Faso’s ruling junta claims foiling an attempt to destabilize the country

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso where thousands have involved in subversive activi- er to provide more security. challenges and humanitar-
Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso's been killed and more than ties against our country." However, it has struggled to ian crisis.q
ruling junta said it thwarted 2 million people displaced Sana claimed an elaborate end Burkina Faso's security
an attempt to destabilize while pushing tens of thou- three-phased plot was de-
the African country "with sands to the brink of starva- vised by some Burkina Faso
the help of foreign powers." tion. civilians and servicemen liv-
A transitional government The junta had set a goal ing abroad who paid and
has been running the West to conduct an election in trained armed groups to
African country after the July to return the country to conduct attacks. He said
military seized power in democratic rule, but four the first phase of their sup-
2022, capitalizing on popu- months ago it extended its posed plan was the jihadi
lar discontent with previous transition term for five more attack that killed at least 100
democratically elected years. people in central Burkina
governments over security Burkina Faso's Security Minis- Faso last month. The second
issues. Growing attacks by ter Mahamadou Sana said phase, he said, was planned
extremists linked to al-Qaida on national television Mon- attacks on the presidential
and the Islamic State group day night that "persons resid- palace, a military drone
have devastated Burkina ing in Ivory Coast have been base, and an airport and
the last phase was attacks
near the Ivory Coast bor-
ders. Sana said the last two
phases were prevented.
Sana didn't provide evi-
dence for his claims and
they couldn't be indepen-
dently verified.
The minister accused junta
opponents, including the
leader of the Jan. 2022
coup, two former govern-
ment ministers, two jour-
nalists as well as Western
intelligence of plotting the
destabilization attempt.
A mural reading " remain vigilant and mobilised" is seen in The current military junta
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday March 1, 2023, in a promised disgruntled citi-
region shaken by extremist uprisings and military coups.
Associated Press zens upon coming to pow-