A general view shows a South Korean guard post along the barbed-wire fence of the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea, on the South Korean island of Gyodong on June 18, 2020. Helvey said it was difficult to tell what North Korea would do in the coming days and weeks.- AFP
WASHINGTON (Reuters): North Korea's activities in recent days have shown that Pyongyang continues to pose an "extraordinary" threat to the Asia-Pacific region, a senior Pentagon official said on Thursday (June 18).
"As we've been starkly reminded in recent days, North Korea continues to present an extraordinary threat to the region and which demands our continued vigilance," David Helvey, the acting assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, told reporters.
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