SEOUL, June 16, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - A US Navy nuclear-powered submarine arrivedin the South Korean port city of Busan Friday, demonstrating Washington'spledge to counter Pyongyang's growing threats, Seoul's military said. Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points, withdiplomacy stalled and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un proclaiming his nationan "irreversible" nuclear state and calling for increased weaponsdevelopment, including tactical nukes. North Korea has conducted multiple sanctions-busting launches this year,including test-firing its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missiles,and last month attempting to put a military spy satellite into orbit. Pyongyang on Thursday fired two ballistic missiles in an apparent response toongoing US-South Korea joint military drills. North Korea regards all such exercises as rehearsals for invasion and hasdescribed them as "frantic" drills "simulating an all-out war against"Pyongyang.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha June 16, 2023 04:41 UTC