The United States will make full use of its military capabilities, "including nuclear, conventional and missile defense," to defend its allies Japan and South Korea, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said Tuesday as she warned North Korea against escalating its provocations.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to Tokyo next week for a trilateral meeting with her Japanese and South Korean counterparts, the State Department said Wednesday, as North Kore
The launch came a week after South Korea and the United States fired eight surface-to-surface missiles in response to North Korea firing eight short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea.