A senior South Korean official said on Wednesday that an agreement was reached with allies Japan and the United States to mount an “unparalleled” response if North Korea conducts a seventh test of a nuclear weapon.
The warning to North Korea was issued by South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong, who made the remarks in a joint press conference alongside his Japanese counterpart Takeo Mori and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Tokyo, Japan.
“We agreed that an unparalleled scale of response would be necessary if North Korea pushes ahead with a seventh nuclear test,” he said….