In New York on Saturday, North Korea’s Foreign Minister – Ri Yong Ho – levelled a barrage of insults and threats towards the U.S. and its President Donald Trump, while defending his country’s nuclear pursuits.

The introduction of his speech at the UN General Assembly (UNGA), originally scheduled to take place on Friday, was largely in response to Trump’s own UNGA speech on Tuesday.

“Before going into the main points of my debate, I feel forced to make comments on the speech uttered four days ago by someone called the U.S. President, that rendered this sacred UN arena tainted,” he