U.S. official vows ‘swift and forceful response’ if North Korea tests nukes

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Tuesday warned of a forceful response if North Korea carries out its first nuclear test explosion in nearly five years as she traveled to Seoul to meet with South Korean and Japanese allies and discuss the escalating standoff.

 

U.S. and South Korean officials have said North Korea is all but ready to conduct another detonation at its nuclear testing ground in the northeastern town of Punggye-ri, which last hosted a test in September 2017, when it claimed to have detonated a thermonuclear bomb designed for its intercontinental ballistic missiles.

 

While the Biden administration has vowed to push for additional international sanctions if North Korea goes on with the nuclear test, the prospects for meaningful new punitive measures are unclear with the United Nations Security Council divided over Russia’s war on Ukraine.

 

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U.S., South Korea fire eight missiles in response to North Korean launches

The US and South Korean militaries launched eight missiles into the sea Monday in a tit-for-tat response to an earlier demonstration by North Korea.

 

US Forces Korea confirmed in a statement that one American missile and seven South Korean missiles were launched into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, following “appropriate notifications for air and maritime safety.”

 

The missile firings came one day after South Korea’s military detected that the North had launched eight short-range missiles over the course of 35 minutes from four different locations across the country – marking North Korea’s 18th round of missile testing so far this year.

 

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