Rex Tillerson said in South Korea that America’s “policy of strategic patience has ended” LEE JIN-MAN/APRex Tillerson threatened military action against North Korea if it continues to develop its weapons programme after a visit to the tense border between North and South. Speaking in Seoul, the South Korean capital, the US secretary of state announced an end to the “strategic patience” of the Obama administration, but declined to explain what would take its place. “The policy of strategic patience has ended,” he said at a press conference with the South Korean foreign minister, Yun Byung-se. “We are exploring a new range of diplomatic, security, economic measures. Certainly, we do not want for things to get to military conflict, we’re quite clear on that in our communications, but obviously if North Korea takes actions that…

Source: The Times March 17, 2017 12:00 UTC