U.S. urges North Korea to stop missile tests and return to talks
The Hindu
This is following North Korea’s recent underwater missilie launch
A senior U.S. diplomat on October 24 urged North Korea to end a recent series of missile tests and resume negotiations, days after the North performed its first in two years.
Sung Kim, the top U.S. official on North Korea affairs, spoke after meeting with South Korean officials to discuss North Korea’s recent streak of missile tests that came amid a long-running stalemate in nuclear diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang.
“We call on the DPRK to cease these provocations and other destabilizing activities, and instead, engage in dialogue,” Mr. Kim told reporters, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
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