WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Monday that he worries most about North Korea selling a nuclear-tipped long-range missile to terrorists.
The Republican congressman from Wisconsin told an audience at CNN's Town Hall that that is the reason the North Korea issue is serious.
"Having North Korea with nuclear-tipped warheads that can strike the United States is not a good thing to have for this country," he said. "But it's not just that they would launch a missile to the United States. What I worry most about is that they'll sell one. I worry that they're going to proliferate, that they're going to sell it to the highest bidder, to a terrorist."
North Korea tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles in July, claiming the U.S. mainland is within its range. Experts say it is a matter of time before the reclusive state develops ICBMs mounted with a nuclear warhead.
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