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US President Biden said last night that North Korea's ballistic missile launch was a clear violation of UN resolutions, and that if North Korea chooses to raise tensions, it will take appropriate action.
I also agreed that North Korea is the top diplomatic task for the United States.
The first news, Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung from Washington reports.
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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 that North Korea is the top diplomatic task among the problems he sees. President Biden also thinks about the North Korean crisis?) Yes.]
As North Korea gradually raised the level of provocation, the Biden government's policy toward North Korea was put to the test.
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