29 October,2017 12:10 PM IST | Seoul | Agencies
US defence secretary says Pyongyang engages in 'outlaw' behaviour, and use of nuclear weapons by the North will be met with massive military response
US defence secretary Jim Mattis has said the threat of nuclear missile attack by North Korea is accelerating. In remarks with South Korean defence minister Song Young-moo at his side, Mattis accused the North of illegal and unnecessary missile and nuclear programmes and vowed to defeat any attack.
Mattis alongside his South Korean counterpart, Song Young-moo
He said the North engaged in "outlaw" behaviour and that the US will never accept a nuclear North. He added that regardless of what the North might try, it is overmatched by the firepower and cohesiveness of the US-South Korean alliance. He adding that diplomacy remains the preferred way to deal with the North.
