North Korea threatens Australia with nuclear strike

North Korea has threatened to hit Australia with a nuclear
strike if it continues to follow the United States. The stern
warning comes after Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on

Thursday that North Korea would be hit with further Australian
sanctions as a clear message that its behaviour will not be
tolerated.
Ms Bishop also called on China to do more to pressure North
Korea into getting rid of its hostile and aggressive ways and
dumping its nuclear warheads and ballistic missile program.
However, in response to the comments, North Korea’s state-
run KCNA news agency on Saturday quoted a foreign ministry
spokesman accusing Ms Bishop of “spouting a string of
rubbish” against the nation.
The spokesman accused the Australian Government of
“blindly and zealously toeing the U.S. line” and warned of a
possible nuclear strike if it continues.

“If Australia persists in following the US moves to
isolate and stifle North Korea … this will be a suicidal
act of coming within the range of the nuclear strike of
the strategic force of North Korea,” the spokesman
said.
The spokesman also warned Ms Bishop to “think twice” about
the consequences of her “reckless tongue-lashing flattering
the U.S.”. Adding:
“What she uttered can never be pardoned,” the
spokesman said. “It is hard to expect good words
from the foreign minister of such government. But if
she is the foreign minister of a country, she should
speak with elementary common sense about the
essence of the situation.
“It is entirely attributable to the nuclear threat
escalated by the US and its anachronistic policy
hostile to North Korea that the situation on the Korean
Peninsula is inching close to the brink of war in an evil
cycle of increasing tensions.”