North Korea says it's seeking military 'equilibrium' with the USREUTERS White House National Security Adviser HR McMaster says the US is approaching the limit of what sanctions and diplomacy can accomplish. READ MORE:* US nearing limits of diplomacy on North Korea: Trump advisor* North Korea fires missile* UN agrees to toughest sanctions on N Korea* N Korea threatens Japan, USKCNA North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claps with military officers at the Command of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army. Global equities investors largely shrugged off the latest missile test by North Korea as shares on Wall Street set new highs on Friday. DIFFERENCES OVER DIRECT TALKSTrump has promised not to allow North Korea to threaten the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile. The United States and South Korea are technically still at war with North Korea because the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a truce and not a peace treaty.

Source: Stuff September 16, 2017 04:41 UTC