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Tillerson Urges Global Action to End N. Korea ICBM Threat

by Reuters

   WASHINGTON --

   U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday called for global
   action after North Korea tested a newly developed intercontinental
   ballistic missile, calling it a new escalation of Pyongyang's nuclear
   threat.

   In a statement, Tillerson warned that any country that hosts North
   Korea workers, or provides economic or military aid to Pyongyang, or
   failed to implement United Nations sanctions "is aiding and abetting a
   dangerous regime."

   "All nations should publicly demonstrate to North Korea that there are
   consequences to their pursuit of nuclear weapons," Tillerson said.

   While early Wednesday in North Korea, Pyongyang said it had conducted a
   test of a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile that can
   carry a large and heavy nuclear warhead and that the test successfully
   verified the warhead's atmospheric re-entry.

   North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the successful test completed the
   country's strategic weapons capability that includes atomic and
   hydrogen bombs and ICBMs, and it will not negotiate with the United
   States to give up those weapons until Washington abandons its hostile
   policy against the North, the country's KCNA news agency said.

   South Korea later said it and the United States early on Wednesday
   conducted an offensive ballistic missile drill aimed at striking the
   North's leadership.