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Japan’s Shinzo Abe Warns North Korea Could Equip Missiles With Sarin

Japan’s Shinzo Abe Warns North Korea Could Equip Missiles With Sarin

<p><a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;" href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/click/9379979.81333/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jbm4uY29tLzIwMTcvMDQvMTMvYXNpYS9ub3J0aC1rb3JlYS1taXNzaWxlcy1qYXBhbi8i/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7Bf46afe5c><b>Top News</b></a>: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned on Thursday that North Korea, which is not a signatory of the Chemical Weapons Convention, may be able to equip missiles with sarin nerve agent. Abe did not provide specific evidence for his claim, which comes amid concern that North Korea may be gearing up for a sixth missile test in honor of the 105th anniversary of the birth of the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung, this coming Saturday. North Korean monitoring service 38 North said the Punggye-ri nuclear test site is “<a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;" href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/click/9379979.81333/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jbm4uY29tLzIwMTcvMDQvMTMvYXNpYS9ub3J0aC1rb3JlYS1udWNsZWFyLXNpdGUtcHVuZ2d5ZS1yaS8i/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7B918d76b2>primed and ready</a>.” South Korean officials, meanwhile, say that while North Korea appears ready, there are <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;" href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/click/9379979.81333/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5yZXV0ZXJzLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL3VzLW5vcnRoa29yZWEtZXZlbnQtaWRVU0tCTjE3RTJDVCI/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7B34c0cad0>no signs</a> to suggest a new test is more likely.</p>
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<p>The United States, meanwhile, has sent the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group toward the Korean peninsula. Some <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;" href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/click/9379979.81333/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZ3VhcmRpYW4uY29tL3dvcmxkLzIwMTcvYXByLzEyL2phcGFuZXNlLXdhcnNoaXBzLWpvaW4tdXMtZmxlZXQtbm9ydGgta29yZWEi/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7B7f410448>reports</a> say Japanese warships are set to join them for exercises. Both Japan and South Korea have said they expect to be consulted by the United States before military action is taken.</p>
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<p>The United States has long taken to calling on China to resolve the conflict with North Korea. China is widely seen as something of a North Korean protector, but nevertheless calls for the denuclearization of the peninsula. <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;" href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/click/9379979.81333/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5yZXV0ZXJzLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL3VzLW5vcnRoa29yZWEtZXZlbnQtaWRVU0tCTjE3RTJDVCI/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7C34c0cad0>China</a> has urged caution, and says the issue needs to be solved diplomatically, and not with force.</p>
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<p>On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that he told China that the way to get a good trade deal with the United States was to solve the problem with North Korea. In an interview, however, he also acknowledged that, after hearing Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ten minute explanation of the situation with North Korea last week, the problem might be more complicated than he first thought. He also lauded China for turning back a fleet of cargo ships carrying coal from North Korea, calling it “<a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;" href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/click/9379979.81333/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jbm4uY29tLzIwMTcvMDQvMTIvcG9saXRpY3MvdHJ1bXAtY2hpbmEtbm9ydGgta29yZWEtY29hbC8i/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7B4b18b299>a big step</a>.”</p>
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<p>And North Korea? It had 200 foreign journalists in Pyongyang for its major national day, the Day of the Sun, to show them not a nuclear site, but the opening of a new street. North Korean Prime Minister Pak Pong Ju told <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;" href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/click/9379979.81333/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9KUkthaW1hbi9zdGF0dXMvODUyMzgxMDIyNjA4MTQyMzM4Ig/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7B4a53a77e>reporters</a>, &#8220;to build this street is more powerful than 109 nuclear warheads.&#8221;</p>
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