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Greetings to King of Thailand
Pyongyang, December 8 (KCNA) — Kim Yong Nam, Presidium member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK, on Dec. 5 sent a message of greeting to Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun, king of Thailand, on the occasion of its national day. The message wished the king good heath and happiness and the people of Thailand prosperity. KCNA-
N KOREAN ENVOY: We want peace but ready for war with US
North Korean Ambassador to Thailand Mun Songmo, left, and Suthichai Yoon, cofounder of The Nation. NORTH KOREAN Ambassador to Thailand Mun Song-mo says his country will “definitely win” any war with the United States if Washington does not drop its “plan to destroy us”. Calling US President Donald Trump a “mad man”, the envoy from Pyongyang told The Nation in an exclusive interview last Friday: “We now have the hydrogen bomb. If a war breaks out, we are ready to fight and we will surely win the war against the United States.” In the rare interview, the North Korean envoy, however, stressed: “We don’t want to start a war. We want peace. But if we are attacked, we will certainly fight and we have no doubts that we will win.” Mun attributed his confidence to three factors: “First, we h...