North Korea said last week it had tested its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile yet, which was capable of reaching the United States. White House national security adviser HR McMaster said at the weekend the possibility of war with North Korea was “increasing every day”. US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham also urged the Pentagon on Sunday to start moving US military dependants, such as spouses and children, out of South Korea, saying conflict with North Korea was getting close. North Korea, which regularly threatens South Korea, the United States and their allies, has denounced the exercises. North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong Guk met Feltman in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, on Wednesday and discussed bilateral cooperation and other issues of mutual interest, KCNA said.

Source: The Express Tribune December 07, 2017 07:30 UTC