Meanwhile the European Union's top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, said the EU would intensify its diplomatic efforts with North Korea, the United States, South Korea, China, Russia and Japan. CHINA AND NORTH KOREA China shares a 1,400km border with the hermit country. "China has a unique relationship with north Korea and that relationship must be leveraged to put pressure on North Korea to change it's course." China last week warned North Korea it won't come to its aid if it attacks the U.S., but also said it would defend North Korea if U.S. makes the first move or tries to force regime change. "There's probably nobody more rational than the North Korean leadership"Primarily the North Korean leadership wants to survive, said Daniel Pinkston from the Troy University in Seoul.

Source: Huffington Post August 15, 2017 03:22 UTC