Biden "North Korea Violates UN Resolutions…If You Choose to Increase Tension"

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US President Biden said North Korea's ballistic missile launch over the night would take appropriate action if North Korea chooses to raise tensions.

I also agreed that North Korea is the top diplomatic task for the United States. 

This is Kim Soo-hyung from Washington.

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At an official press conference held for the first time two months after President Biden took office, US President Biden made it clear that it was a violation of the UN resolution regarding North Korea's ballistic missile launch.

[Biden/US President: North Korea's test firing of such a specific missile is in violation of UN Resolution 1718.]

He said that if North Korea chooses to increase tensions, it will consult with its allies and take corresponding measures.

[Biden/US President: We are discussing with our allies and partners.

If North Korea chooses to increase tensions, there will be a response.

We will respond accordingly.]

President Biden said he was prepared for diplomacy against North Korea, but stressed that this must have an end result of denuclearization.

They also expressed sympathy that North Korea is the top diplomatic task.

[Biden/U.S. President: ((President Obama) said North Korea was the top diplomatic task among the problems he sees, but does President Biden think so about the North Korean crisis?) Yes.] As

North Korea gradually raises the level of provocation The Biden government's policy toward North Korea has been put to the test.

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