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US official vows ‘forceful response’ if North Korea tests nuke
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SEOUL, 08 June 2022, (TON): US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman 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.
US 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 Punggyeri, which last hosted a test in September 2017.
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.
Sherman said “any nuclear test would be in complete violation of UN Security Council resolutions. There would be a swift and forceful response to such a test.”
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