North Korea must be made aware of the “consequences” of its escalatory behavior after its recent spy satellite launch sparked tensions in the Korean Peninsula, the U.S. nuclear envoy said on Sunday.
In an interview with Yonhap News Agency (YNA), U.S. nuclear envoy Sung Kim said the United States must convince North Korea that diplomacy is “the only viable path” toward alleviating regional tensions.
“It’s important to make clear to the DPRK that its escalatory behavior has consequences,” Sung Kim told YNA, referring to North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
“The DPRK has increasingly engaged in threatening and irresponsible rhetoric, including by characterizing some of its missile launches and other military activities as trial runs for the use of tactical nuclear weapons,” he added….