North Korea blasted the U.S. over a recent report showing it to be by far the world's largest arms exporter, potentially fueling new tensions as supreme leader Kim Jong Un prepares to meet President Donald Trump.
More than 70 years have passed since the end of the world war and scores of years elapsed since the end of the Cold War. But, the danger of war is increasing and another cold war is imminent rather than peace on this planet,"
Already leading the world in weapons sales, the U.S. reportedly increased its exports by 25 percent between the 2008-2012 and 2013-2017 periods, accounting for 34 percent of the world's sales.
For once, peace was exactly what was being discussed on the restive Korean Peninsula, where the Cold War was still very much alive. North Korea and U.S.-backed South Korea have never formally ended a war that killed well over 1 million Koreans and tens of thousands of Chinese and U.S. troops in the early 1950s.
After a year of breakthroughs for his nuclear and missile programs, Kim surprised the world this year with diplomatic moves that included sending his own sister across the border, meeting with high-level South Korean officials and, most recently, reportedly agreeing to meet Trump face-to-face.
Trump said he would meet the North Korean ruler by May, making him the first sitting U.S. president to ever do so.
