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U.S. arsenal 'locked and loaded,' Trump warns North Korea
China calls for calm as tensions continue to escalate
U.S. President Donald Trump issued another warning to North Korea on Friday, with a reference to American weapons as being "locked and loaded."
"Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!" Trump tweeted a day after his defence secretary said the United States was ready to counter any threat from Pyongyang.
Trump earlier this week threatened the isolated state with "fire and fury," later adding that that remark might not have been "tough enough."
Meanwhile, South Korea and the U.S. are proceeding with plans for a large-scale military exercise, expected to run from Aug. 21 to 31. The drills will involve tens of thousands of troops on the ground and in the sea and air. Washington and Seoul say they're meant as a deterrent against North Korean aggression.
While tensions typically spike around the dates of the exercises — North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test just days after last year's manoeuvres — the situation generally calms afterward as the North needs to focus on its farms and the approach of the fall harvest.
Earlier on Friday, China's Foreign Ministry called on all sides to speak and act with caution. Beijing hopes all sides can do more to help ease the present tense situation and increase mutual trust, rather than taking turns in shows of strength, the ministry said in a short statement on its website.
Trump has repeatedly called on China — the North's biggest ally and trading partner — to help reign in its neighbour, to little avail. Beijing has expressed frustration with both Pyongyang's repeated weapons tests and with behaviour, such as the military drills, by the South and the U.S.
Missile tests by the North and impending military exercises by the South and the U.S. have raised tensions on the Korean peninsula. (Lee Jin-man/Associated Press)
China calls for calm as tensions continue to escalate
U.S. President Donald Trump issued another warning to North Korea on Friday, with a reference to American weapons as being "locked and loaded."
"Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!" Trump tweeted a day after his defence secretary said the United States was ready to counter any threat from Pyongyang.
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Trump earlier this week threatened the isolated state with "fire and fury," later adding that that remark might not have been "tough enough."
Meanwhile, South Korea and the U.S. are proceeding with plans for a large-scale military exercise, expected to run from Aug. 21 to 31. The drills will involve tens of thousands of troops on the ground and in the sea and air. Washington and Seoul say they're meant as a deterrent against North Korean aggression.
While tensions typically spike around the dates of the exercises — North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test just days after last year's manoeuvres — the situation generally calms afterward as the North needs to focus on its farms and the approach of the fall harvest.
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Earlier on Friday, China's Foreign Ministry called on all sides to speak and act with caution. Beijing hopes all sides can do more to help ease the present tense situation and increase mutual trust, rather than taking turns in shows of strength, the ministry said in a short statement on its website.
Trump has repeatedly called on China — the North's biggest ally and trading partner — to help reign in its neighbour, to little avail. Beijing has expressed frustration with both Pyongyang's repeated weapons tests and with behaviour, such as the military drills, by the South and the U.S.
Missile tests by the North and impending military exercises by the South and the U.S. have raised tensions on the Korean peninsula. (Lee Jin-man/Associated Press)
