North Korea to continue missiles test despite warning from US

North Korea says it will continue to test nuclear missiles, despite international condemnation and growing military tensions with the US.

Vice-Foreign Minister, Han Song-ryol said in an interview that the tests will be conducted   on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis.
 
He said if the US is planning a military attack against North Korea, they will react with a nuclear pre-emptive strike. 

Earlier, US Vice-President, Mike Pence, warned North Korea not to tempt the US.  

He said America's" era of strategic patience" with North Korea is over.

Mr Pence arrived in Seoul yesterday after North Korea carried out a failed missile launch.
 
Tensions have been escalating on the peninsula, with heated rhetoric from both North Korea and the US.

BBC