The top U.S. diplomat has hinted that North Korea is likely to continue testing more powerful weapons — including a possible intercontinental ballistic missile launch — as tensions between Washington and Moscow surge over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.
But in a trilateral meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged that the Ukraine crisis would not hamper Washington’s ability to deal with a show of force by Pyongyang.
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KEYWORDS
China,
North Korea,
Taiwan,
Kim Jong Un,
Nuclear weapons,
South Korea,
Yoshimasa Hayashi,
North Korean nuclear crisis,
U.S.-Japan relations,
South Korea-Japan relations,
Anthony Blinken
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