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North Korea: US 'not seeking' regime change in Pyongyang

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The top US diplomat says Washington does not seek to overturn the regime of Kim Jong-Un.
The US government is not seeking a regime change in North Korea, the secretary of state says, amid tensions over Pyongyang’s missile programme.
“We’re not your enemy, ” Rex Tillerson said, adding that the US wanted a dialogue at some point.
Meanwhile, a senior Republican senator said President Trump considered going to war with North Korea as an option.
Pyongyang claimed that its latest missile test could hit the US west coast and beyond.
“We do not seek a regime change, we do not seek a collapse of the regime, we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsula, we do not seek an excuse to send our military north of the 38th parallel, ” said Mr Tillerson.
“We’re not your enemy, we’re not your threat but you’re presenting an unacceptable threat to us and we have to respond.”
The second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, celebrated by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, was the latest to be conducted in defiance of a UN ban.
President Trump has repeatedly criticised China, which shares a land border with North Korea and is its closest economic ally, for not doing enough to stop Pyongyang’s weapons programme.

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