All government embassies have been instructed to evacuate staff from Pyongyang after dictator Kim Jong-un warned he could not 'guarantee the safety of foreigners.' The rogue communist state issued a deadline of April 10 to every government that is represented in North Korea in a dramatic new escalation of the nuclear crisis.The British Foreign Office confirmed it had been told its staff were at risk while Russia said it was in 'close contact with the U.S, China and South Korea' about airlifting workers out. Advice for tourists is set to change after North Korea moved a second missile to its east coast, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
About two dozen countries have embassies in North Korea - the U.S. doesn’t currently have diplomatic relations with North Korea and the State Department told MailOnline it doesn’t have a figure on the number of Americans who may be in the country.
U.S. citizens in the country are likely to include adventure seeking tourists and some defectors and prisoners who remained following the end of the Korean War in the 1950s. Sweden acts as the protecting power of U.S. interests in North Korea for consular matters.
The range of the missile is unknown - yesterday the rogue state moved a missile with a range of 3,000km (1,800m) to the same area which is within firing distance of Japan - and claimed it would be ‘merciless’ against its enemies.
Both missiles have been loaded on to mobile launchers and hidden in special underground facilities, according to a government official. 'The North is apparently intent on firing the missiles without prior warning,' he added.
Russia's foreign minister says Moscow doesn't understand why North Korea has suggested that Moscow and other countries close their embassies in Pyongyang, and he says he's concerned about the high tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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I have one question as to this noting in advance I would not question our capabilities.
If NK were to lob any missile over the border aimed at one of our bases there, would there be enough time to react and shoot it down? As we are speaking of a madman in this case, a small nuke aimed at our troops in SK is still in effect an attack on the U.S.
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