• U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich, minister of national defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, listen to their respective National Anthems during arrival ceremonies at the Pentagon in Washington Tuesday. Mattis warned North Korea on Wednesday that it would be 'grossly' outmatched in any conflict with the U.S., telling Pyongyang to stop considering any action that risked 'the destruction of its people.' | AFP-JIJI
    U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich, minister of national defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, listen to their respective National Anthems during arrival ceremonies at the Pentagon in Washington Tuesday. Mattis warned North Korea on Wednesday that it would be "grossly" outmatched in any conflict with the U.S., telling Pyongyang to stop considering any action that risked "the destruction of its people." | AFP-JIJI

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WASHINGTON/SEOUL – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issued a stark warning to North Korea on Wednesday, telling Pyongyang that it should stop any actions that would lead to the “end of its regime and the destruction of its people.”

Mattis’ words, some of the strongest he has issued on North Korea, followed incendiary comments from President Donald Trump, who said on Tuesday that threats to the United States from Pyongyang would be met with “fire and fury.”

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