North Korean official accuses U.S. of turning Korean Peninsula into 'world's biggest hotspot'

Kim In Ryong.
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Kim In Ryong, North Korea's deputy U.N. ambassador, called a news conference on Monday to condemn a decision by the United States to hold an open meeting with the Security Council later this month on the North Korean nuclear program, calling it "another abuse of authority."

Kim accused the United States of having "gangster-like logic" and turning the Korean Peninsula into "the world's biggest hotspot," creating "a dangerous situation in which a thermonuclear war may break out at any moment." Should the U.S. "dare opt for a military option," he added, North Korea is "ready to react to any mode of war."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.