North Korea threatens to send ‘real ballistic missile’ to Japan and slams Shinzo Abe as ‘the stupidest man in history’
NORTH Korea has warned Japan it faces missile attack and called its Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “the stupidest man in history”.
The bellicose threat came after Pyongyang fired two short-range projectiles into the sea off the North Korean east coast.
The North Koreans says it carried out a test of its super-large multiple launch rocket system, but Mr Abe described it as a missile test, prompting the verbal barrage in return.
KCNA news agency said: "It can be said that Abe is the only one idiot in the world and the most stupid man ever known in history as he fails to distinguish a missile from multiple launch rocket system while seeing the photo-accompanied report.
"Abe may see what a real ballistic missile is in the not distant future and under his nose... Abe is none other than a perfect imbecile and a political dwarf without parallel in the world."
The projectiles were launched on Thursday and flew about 235 miles at a maximum altitude of 60 miles, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is said to have expressed "great satisfaction" over the fourth test of the super-large multiple-rocker launcher.
'IMBECILE'
Nuclear negotiations between the United States and North Korea have been in deadlock since the Hanoi summit between President Donald Trump and leader Kim Jong-un in February.
Talks took place in Sweden in early October but appear to have made little headway and North Korea said the US "brought little to the table".
UN Security Council resolutions ban North Korea from firing ballistic missiles and using such technology, but the regime rejects the restriction as an infringement of its right to self-defence.
Pyongyang recently tested submarine launched ballistic missile, suggesting it now has the capability of staging attacks far outside its territory.
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Over the years, the North Koreans have dished out colourful abuse to western politicians and leaders deemed to have insulted them.
They recently said Joe Biden, the Democratic challenger for President, was a "rabid dog" who needs to be "beaten to death with a stick".
Propaganda posters once described Donald Trump as a "mad dog" and a "dotard" and his former national security adviser John Bolton as "human scum".
