America's threat to North Korea, said - will protect Japan and South Korea to the fullest potential
The US Secretary of State said that North Korea needs to understand that the US is committed to the security of South Korea and the Japanese. Earlier on Tuesday, Sherman met Japan's Deputy Foreign Minister Takeo Mori.
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In the wake of North Korea's frequent missile tests and threats, the US has warned that it will defend its allies South Korea and Japan with full capability, including nuclear, conventional and missile defense. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Tuesday that North Korea's recent weeks of ballistic missiles and artillery shelling is a provocative military action.
North Korea is calling it an exercise in the use of strategic nuclear weapons. Wendy Sherman said during a conversation with South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Cho Hundang in Tokyo that North Korea's recent military action is irresponsible, dangerous and destabilizing the Korean peninsula.
The US Secretary of State said that North Korea needs to understand that the US is committed to the security of South Korea and the Japanese. Earlier on Tuesday, Sherman met Japan's Deputy Foreign Minister Takeo Mori.
South Korea, America and Japan held talks meeting
Senior diplomats from South Korea, the US and Japan held high-level talks on regional and global security issues on Wednesday amid concerns over the prospect of North Korea's nuclear test. South Korea's First Deputy Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong held a tripartite session with his American and Japanese counterparts - Wendy Sherman and Takeo Mori - Yonhap news agency reported. The purpose of this session was to discuss ways to deal with the emerging threats to North Korea.
North Korea preparing for nuclear test
This week's session has been held amid speculation that the Kim Jong-un regime may soon go ahead with another nuclear test and commit acts of provocation. Officials in Seoul say that North Korea is secretly prepared for its first nuclear test since September 2017.
North Korea launches 44 ballistic missiles in a year
North Korea has fired about a dozen ballistic missiles in just three weeks since the end of September, bringing the total number of ballistic missiles launched this year to 44, the largest number of ballistic missiles fired in a year. Earlier this month, the reclusive country fired hundreds of artillery shots into maritime buffer zones in the Eastern and Yellow Seas, which were set out under a 2018 inter-Korean agreement to defuse military tensions.
