Kim Jong-Un (Credit: Afp/getty Images) The tensions on the Korean peninsula are escalating, as the superheated war of words seems to be pushing the United States to the brink of war with North Korea. The whole world should clearly remember it was the U.S. who first declared war on our country,” Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters in New York on Monday, according to Reuters. “Since the United States declared war on our country, we will have every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not inside the airspace border of our country.