World War 3: North Korea ready for WAR as it finishes building nuclear arsenal

The hermit dictatorship is quickly reaching full nuclear capabilities and is expected to conduct more provocative nuclear tests, South Korea’s top diplomat has said.

Speaking to the South Korean news agency Yonhap, Seoul’s Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said she expected to see more testing in the near future.

She said: “Parts of its tunnel after the North conducted the sixth nuclear test, but it has more than one of them so [an additional nuke test] can be done at any time.”

Ms Kang said that North Korea could complete its nuclear arsenal and be prepared for World War 3 within a matter of months, echoing comments from CIA chief Mike Pompeo.

However she added: “North Korea declaring the completion of its nuke weapon and it having a strategy on how to actually use it are different issues.”

Ms Kang travelled to Europe this week to seek international cooperation in dealing with rising tensions between North and South Korea.

The North has embarked on an increasingly aggressive nuclear testing programme, shooting missiles at such a frequent rate that it has threatened to destroy its own testing ground.

It has also stepped up its hostile rhetoric against its southern neighbour, threatening total destruction of Seoul.

While dictator has engaged in a war of words with US President Donald Trump, with both leaders threatening to hail down fire and fury on their respective nations.

The tensions have long been set to reach boiling point. Kim’s development of a full nuclear arsenal could be the final straw for the South and its military allies who have long feared a devastating attack.

On Friday, Ms Kang met with Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders and the EU’s top diplomat Federica Mogherini.

She said: “We confirmed international community’s full support on our approach to resolving the North Korea’s nuke issue.

“It is another tool to support our diplomatic pressure on the North.”

However North Korea appears and could be poised to attack its neighbours once its arsenal is complete.

Choe Son-hui, director-general of the North American Department of the country’s Foreign Ministry said earlier this week there would be no negotiations over its weapons – and the US and South Korea .

She : “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [DPRK] is not planning to hold talks on nuclear weapons and the US has to get along with the DPRK’s nuclear status.

“This is a matter of life and death for us. The current situation deepens our understanding that we need nuclear weapons to repel a potential attack.”

She added: ”We will respond to fire with fire.”