![]() is concerned about the rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Farhan Haq, U.N.’s deputy spokesperson, said the U.N. North Korea has used similar rhetoric before, but the statement underscored how strained relations are now. In between the ballistic and cruise missile launches last week, North Korea’s defense minister also issued a veiled threat, saying the Kentucky’s docking in South Korea could be grounds for the North to use a nuclear weapon against it. King’s crossing came at a time of high tensions in the Korean Peninsula, where the pace of both North Korea’s weapons demonstrations and the United States’ combined military exercises have intensified in a tit-for-tat cycle. Some say North Korea may try to wrest concessions from Washington, such as tying his release to the United States cutting back its military activities with South Korea. officials had a better understanding of whether King intended to defect, the official said they still had “no indication about what was going on in his mind that day.” The official was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.Īnalysts say North Korea may wait weeks or even months to provide meaningful information about King to maximize leverage and add urgency to U.S. still has not been able to ascertain King’s condition, a senior administration official said Monday in Washington. North Korea has remained publicly silent about King, who crossed the border during a tour of Panmunjom while he was supposed to be heading to Fort Bliss, Texas, following his release from prison in South Korea on an assault conviction. soldier who ran into the North last week across one of the world’s most heavily fortified borders. Command said it has started “a conversation” with North Korea about a U.S. naval vessels.Īlso on Monday, the American-led U.N. North Korea reacted to its arrival by test-firing ballistic and cruise missiles last week in apparent demonstrations that it could make nuclear strikes on South Korea and deployed U.S. nuclear-armed submarine to come to South Korea since the 1980s. Last week, the USS Kentucky became the first U.S. strategic assets in the region to intimidate the North. That underscored the allies’ efforts to boost the visibility of U.S. submarine - the USS Annapolis - arrived at a port on Jeju Island. The launches came hours after South Korea’s navy said a nuclear-propelled U.S. No damage has been reported related to the missiles, which, according to Japan’s Defense Ministry, fell outside the country’s exclusive economic zone. ![]() He said Tokyo was doing its utmost for surveillance while stepping up trilateral security cooperation with Washington and Seoul. ![]() Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said his government lodged a protest to North Korea over the launches, which is usually conveyed through its embassy in Beijing. Its statement called North Korea’s missile launches a “grave provocation” that threatens regional peace and stability. ![]() It said both missiles traveled around 400 kilometers (248 miles) before landing in waters off the Korean Peninsula’s eastern coast. In its third round of launches since last week, North Korea fired the missiles just before midnight from an area near its capital, Pyongyang, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. sending major naval assets to South Korea in a show of force. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea, South Korea’s military said Tuesday, adding to a recent streak in weapons testing that is apparently in protest of the U.S. ![]()
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