SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Latest on North Korea’s nuclear test and the world reaction (all times local) : 9: 45 p.m…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Latest on North Korea’s nuclear test and the world reaction (all times local) :
9: 45 p.m.
U. S. President Donald Trump says he has given the go-ahead for Japan and South Korea to buy a “substantially increased amount” of sophisticated military equipment from the United States.
The move comes amid tensions over North Korea’s latest nuclear test. The U. S. is weighing a number of military, economic and diplomatic responses.
The White House said that in a phone call with South Korean’s president on Monday, Trump gave approval “in principle” to lifting previous restrictions on South Korean missile payloads and to approving “many billions” in weapons sales to South Korea.
In an early morning tweet Tuesday, Trump said, “I am allowing Japan & South Korea to buy a substantially increased amount of highly sophisticated military equipment from the United States.”
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4 p.m.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned North Korea’s latest nuclear test as a “flagrant violation” of international conventions, but also said there can only be a “diplomatic and peaceful solution” of the crisis.
Merkel, who was speaking to the German parliament on Tuesday, said North Korea’s distance from Germany should not keep the country from helping to end the crisis.
Merkel also talked to U.
