US calls on N. Korea to refrain from 'provocative' actions after claimed underwater nuclear weapons system test
Jan 20, 2024
The United States on Friday called on North Korea to refrain from further "provocative" and "destabilizing" actions, and to return to dialogue, after Pyongyang claimed to have tested an underwater nuclear weapons system under development. The North's defense ministry said the country conducted an "important" test of the Haeil-5-23 system, denouncing this week's naval drills between South Korea, the US and Japan as "reckless confrontation hysteria,&quo