BEIJING: The US and China pledged on Saturday to work together in addressing the threat posed by North Korea 's nuclear programme, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned regional tensions had reached a "dangerous level. "North Korea is behaving very badly. "It is unreasonable for the United States to accuse China of doing nothing on the DPRK (North Korea)," Wang said. "The Obama administration had ruled out diplomatic engagement until Pyongyang fully committed to denuclearisation.North Korea insists it needs nuclear weapons for defense. Four more followed.There was no immediate reaction from North Korea but the country's top newspaper Rodong Sinmun carried a commentary Saturday threatening to launch a devastating nuclear attack if the US takes military action.

Source: Times of India March 18, 2017 13:30 UTC