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A10   WORLD NEWS
                     Tuesday 16 May 2017
                  North Korea: New missile can carry heavy nuke                                                                  China’s Xi outlines
                                                                                                                                 cooperation plans
            By FOSTER KLUG               administration’s  most  ur-  the homing feature of the    a  longer  period  than  any   in huge trade deal
            Associated Press             gent  foreign  policy  wor-  warhead  under  the  worst   other  the  North  has  ever
            SEOUL, South Korea (AP) —    ries,  though  Washington    re-entry  situation  and  ac-  test-fired.  North  Korea  has   Associated Press
            North  Korea  on  Monday     has struggled to settle on a   curate  performance  of    also  launched  satellites   BEIJING  (AP)  —  Chinese
            boasted  of  a  successful   policy.                      detonation system.”          into  orbit  on  long-range   President  Xi  Jinping  ex-
            weekend launch of a new      North  Korea’s  official  Ko-  South Korea’s Defense Min-  rockets that share some of   pressed  ambitious  hopes
            type  of  “medium  long-     rean Central News Agency     istry  said  more  analysis  is   the  same  technology  as   for  Asian  and  European
            range” ballistic rocket that                                                                                        governments to work more
            can carry a heavy nuclear                                                                                           closely on finance, law en-
            warhead.  Outsiders  also                                                                                           forcement  and  a  broad
            saw  a  significant  techno-                                                                                        range  of  other  issues  as
            logical jump, with the test-                                                                                        leaders  from  30  nations  is-
            fire apparently flying higher                                                                                       sued  a  joint  endorsement
            and  for  a  longer  time  pe-                                                                                      Monday  of  a  Beijing-led
            riod  than  any  other  such                                                                                        trade  initiative.  The  “Belt
            previous missile.                                                                                                   and  Road”  project  is  Chi-
            Amid  condemnation  in                                                                                              na’s  biggest  foreign  initia-
            Seoul,  Tokyo,  Washington                                                                                          tive to date as Beijing looks
            and  Moscow,  a  jubilant                                                                                           for global stature to match
            North  Korean  leader  Kim                                                                                          its  economic  success.  It
            Jong  Un  promised  more                                                                                            calls  for  expanding  trade
            nuclear  and  missile  tests                                                                                        across Asia, Africa and Eu-
            and warned that his coun-                                                                                           rope with multibillion-dollar
            try’s  weapons  could  strike                                                                                       investments  in  ports,  rail-
            the U.S. mainland and Pa-                                                                                           ways  and  other  facilities,
            cific holdings.                                                                                                     but governments including
            North Korean propaganda                                                                                             Russia, Washington and In-
            must  be  considered  with                                                                                          dia are uneasy Beijing also
            wariness — Pyongyang has     People watch a TV news program showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, pub-  is using it to gain political in-
            threatened  for  decades     lished in the country’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea,   fluence. Xi said the project
            to reduce Seoul to a “sea    Monday, May 15, 2017. North Korea said Monday the missile it launched over the weekend was a   has “no political agenda.”
                                         new type of “medium long-range” ballistic rocket that can carry a heavy nuclear warhead. A ju-
            of fire,” for instance — but   bilant leader Kim Jong Un promised more nuclear and missile tests and warned that North Korean   But  he  expressed  hope
            Monday’s  claim,  if  con-   weapons could strike the U.S. mainland and Pacific holdings.                           governments  taking  part
            firmed,  would  mark  an-                                                                   (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)  in  the  initiative  will  coordi-
            other big advance toward                                                                                            nate policy in finance, law
            the North’s goal of fielding   called  the  missile  a  “new   needed to verify the North’s   missiles.             enforcement,  technology
            a  nuclear-tipped  missile   ground-to-ground medium      claim on the rocket’s tech-  North Korea is not thought   and  education  —  areas
            capable  of  reaching  the   long-range  strategic  bal-  nological features. Spokes-  to be able yet to make a     where  China’s  status  as
            U.S.  mainland.  Some  ex-   listic  rocket,”  and  said  the   man Moon Sang Gyun said   nuclear  warhead  small   the  biggest  Asian  econo-
            perts,  including  officials  in   “Hwasong-12”  was  “ca-  it’s  still  unlikely  that  North   enough  to  mount  on  a   my  would  allow  Beijing  to
            Tokyo,  estimate  that  Sun-  pable  of  carrying  a  large,   Korea has re-entry technol-  long-range  missile,  though   dominate.
            day’s  launch  successfully   heavy nuclear warhead.”     ogy, which would return a    some outside analysts think   “It is our hope that through
            tested  a  new  type  of  mis-  Kim witnessed the test and   warhead  safely  back  into   it  can  arm  shorter-range   the ‘Belt and Road’ devel-
            sile, potentially the longest   “hugged  officials  in  the   the atmosphere.          missiles   with   warheads.   opment,  we  will  unleash
            in North Korea’s arsenal.    field  of  rocket  research,   Japanese officials said Sun-  Each new nuclear and lon-  new forces for global eco-
            The test is also an immedi-  saying  that  they  worked   day that the missile flew for   ger-range missile test is part   nomic  growth,”  Xi  told  re-
            ate challenge to South Ko-   hard  to  achieve  a  great   half an hour and reached    of  the  North’s  attempt  to   porters  at  a  conference
            rea’s new president, Moon    thing,” according to KCNA.   an  unusually  high  altitude   build  a  nuclear-tipped  in-  center  in  the  hills  north  of
            Jae-in,  a  liberal  elected   The  rocket,  “newly  de-  before  landing  in  the  Sea   tercontinental ballistic mis-  the Chinese capital.
            last  week  who  expressed   signed  in  a  Korean-style,”   of Japan.                 sile.  Kim  said  North  Korea   The  two-day  meeting  in-
            a  desire  to  reach  out  to   flew  787  kilometers  (490   Several South Korean ana-  would stage more nuclear   cluded  Presidents  Vladi-
            North  Korea.  Pyongyang’s   miles) and reached a max-    lysts, including Lee Illwoo, a   and  missile  tests  in  order   mir  Putin  of  Russia  and
            aggressive  push  to  boost   imum  altitude  of  2,111  ki-  Seoul-based commentator   to  perfect  nuclear  bombs   Recep  Tayyip  Erdogan  of
            its  weapons  program  also   lometers  (1,310  miles),  the   on  military  issues,  said  the   needed  to  deal  with  U.S.   Turkey  and  presidents  or
            makes it one of the Trump    North  said,  and  “verified   missile  flew  higher  and  for   “nuclear blackmail.” q  prime  ministers  from  Italy,
                                                                                                                                Hungary,  Greece,  Kenya
                                                                                                                                and most of China’s Asian
             Philippine lawmakers kill Duterte impeachment case                                                                 neighbors  but  no  major
                                                                                                                                Western leaders.
                                                                                                                                Britain,  France  and  Ger-
            By TERESA CEROJANO           tives,  which  is  dominated  the president’s critics hope  Since taking office in June,   many were represented by
            Associated Press             by Duterte allies, declared  the  procedure  could  bol-  Duterte’s war on drugs has   finance  or  trade  officials.
            MANILA,  Philippines  (AP)  during  the  first  hearing  on  ster  a  lawsuit  against  him  killed 7,000-9,000 suspected   The  United  States  sent  a
            —  Philippine  lawmakers  the  matter  that  while  the  before  the  International  drug  dealers  and  addicts,   delegation  led  by  the
            on  Monday  killed  an  im-  complaint  was  sufficient  in  Criminal  Court  for  alleged  according to human rights   Asia  director  of  President
            peachment complaint ac-      form, there was insufficient  extrajudicial   killings   by  groups.  The  government   Donald  Trump’s  National
            cusing  President  Rodrigo  substance to proceed.         showing  that  domestic  ef-  refutes that, releasing data   Security  Council.  A  joint
            Duterte  of  crimes  against  The  decision  to  stop  the  forts  to  stop  Duterte  have  on  May  2  showing  nearly   statement  by  the  leaders
            humanity for the thousands  impeachment  complaint,  failed.  The  dismissal  of  the  4,600  people  have  been    appeared to be crafted to
            of  people  who  have  died  which     also    accused  complaint,  filed  in  March,  killed  in  police  anti-drug   defuse fears Beijing is trying
            in his anti-drug crackdown.  Duterte  of  murder,  cor-   bars  any  new  impeach-     operations  and  homicides   to  create  a  China-dom-
            The  Justice  Committee  of  ruption  and  unexplained  ment case against Duterte  found  to  be  drug-related.     inated  bloc  and  rewrite
            the  House  of  Representa-  wealth, was expected. But  until next March.              q                            global trade rules.q
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