Nuclear security/ Korean peninsula

 North Korean FM: We Can Deter U.S. 'Nuclear Threat'

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong says the Korean Peninsula is a "nuclear powder keg" and that Pyongyang has the power to deter an "increasing" U.S. nuclear threat.

Ri said in a rare speech to the UN-backed Conference on Disarmament on March 3 that ongoing joint military exercises by South Korea and the United States are "unprecedentedly provocative in nature and have an especially high possibility of sparking a war."