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Nuclear-armed NKorea unacceptable: Kerry


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SEOUL: US Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed as ‘unacceptable by any standard’ weeks of bellicose warnings of impending nuclear war by North Korea and said Washington would never accept the reclusive state becoming a nuclear power.

Kerry, addressing reporters after talks with South Korean President Park Geun-
hye and leaders of the 28,000-strong US military contingent in the country, also said the United States would defend its allies in the region if necessary.

“The rhetoric we are hearing from North Korea is simply unacceptable by any standard,” Kerry said. “We are all united in the fact that North Korea will not be accepted as a nuclear power.” North Korea has issued weeks of shrill warnings to the United States and South Korea, including of waging thermonuclear war, after the imposition of new U.N. sanctions in response to its third nuclear arms test in February.

Kerry’s visit coincides with preparations for the anniversary on Monday of North Korean state founder Kim Il-sung’s birth date, a possible pretext for a military show of strength. Speculation has mounted that Pyongyang may launch a medium-range missile after reports in South Korea and the United States that missiles had been moved into suitable locations. Kerry said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would be making a ‘huge mistake’ if he proceeded with a launch.

He also said that China, the North’s sole diplomatic and financial ally, has the ability to make a difference on influencing China’s policies.

Hours before his arrival, a US government agency said North Korea had a nuclear weapon it can mount on a missile, adding an ominous dimension to discussions in Seoul. However, the assessment by the Pentagon’s Defence Intelligence Agency was swiftly dismissed by several US officials and South Korea.

Asked if war was imminent, a US official in South Korea said: ‘Not at all’.

Washington’s greatest concern, the official said, was the possibility of unexpected developments linked to 30-year-old Kim Jong-un. “Kim Jong-un’s youth and inexperience make him very vulnerable to miscalculation. Our greatest concern is a miscalculation and where that may lead,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “We have seen no indications of massive troop movements, or troops massing on the border, or massive exercises or anything like that that would back up any of the rhetoric that is going on.”

Park, meeting officials from her ruling Saenuri Party before her talks with Kerry, struck a conciliatory note by suggesting Seoul should at least listen to what North Korea had to say. “We have a lot of issues, including the Kaesong industrial zone,” local media quoted her as saying.

So should we not meet with them and ask: “Just what are you trying to do?’” The president was referring to North Korea’s closure this week of the jointly run Kaesong industrial park, with the loss of 53,000 jobs.

China needs to ‘toughen stance’

SEOUL: China needs to toughen its approach to North Korea to push the isolated country to abandon its nuclear weapons programme, US Secretary of State John Kerry said in Seoul ahead of a visit to Beijing, Pyongyang’s one

major ally, on Saturday. Kerry said all parties who espoused denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula needed to ensure it happened. “If that is your policy, you have got to put some teeth into it,” Kerry said, referring to China at a business meeting following government meetings.
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