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US Preparing Military 'Options' Against North Korea: Dunford

The Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford said on Monday that the military options being prepared against North Korea would be for when diplomatic and economic sanctions failed, South Korea's president's office said on Monday, Reuters reported. 

Dunford made the comments to South Korean President Moon Jae-in in a 50-minute meeting to discuss recent issues including North Korean provocation, office spokesman Park Su-hyun told a media briefing.

Dunford was in Seoul speaking to South Korean military officials, including Defence Minister Song Young-moo. He was due to leave South Korea later on Monday and will make stops in China and Japan this week.

North Korea and the United States exchanged threats of military action last week, with Pyongyang saying it will develop a plan to strike the US Pacific territory of Guam, Reuters reported. 

Before this, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he would not be surprised if North Korea tested another missile.

This comes after North Korea carried out two tests in July, amid rising tensions between the two nations.

The US President Donald Trump has offered fiery warnings to North Korea, saying that the US military was "locked and loaded." North Korean officials in turn have accused the US leader of driving the Korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war.

Reuters reported that North Korea said on Thursday that plans would be completed by mid-August to fire four intermediate-range missiles to land near the US Pacific island of Guam, 3,500 km away.

Guam, some 7,000 km from the US mainland, is a target because it is home to US Naval and Air Force bases, from which two B-1B supersonic bombers were deployed close to the Korean peninsula on Tuesday.

US Preparing Military 'Options' Against North Korea: Dunford

The US Joint Chief of Staffs chairman says US is ready to use 'full range' of military capabilities to defend itself against Pyongyang.

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The Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford said on Monday that the military options being prepared against North Korea would be for when diplomatic and economic sanctions failed, South Korea's president's office said on Monday, Reuters reported. 

Dunford made the comments to South Korean President Moon Jae-in in a 50-minute meeting to discuss recent issues including North Korean provocation, office spokesman Park Su-hyun told a media briefing.

Dunford was in Seoul speaking to South Korean military officials, including Defence Minister Song Young-moo. He was due to leave South Korea later on Monday and will make stops in China and Japan this week.

North Korea and the United States exchanged threats of military action last week, with Pyongyang saying it will develop a plan to strike the US Pacific territory of Guam, Reuters reported. 

Before this, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he would not be surprised if North Korea tested another missile.

This comes after North Korea carried out two tests in July, amid rising tensions between the two nations.

The US President Donald Trump has offered fiery warnings to North Korea, saying that the US military was "locked and loaded." North Korean officials in turn have accused the US leader of driving the Korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war.

Reuters reported that North Korea said on Thursday that plans would be completed by mid-August to fire four intermediate-range missiles to land near the US Pacific island of Guam, 3,500 km away.

Guam, some 7,000 km from the US mainland, is a target because it is home to US Naval and Air Force bases, from which two B-1B supersonic bombers were deployed close to the Korean peninsula on Tuesday.

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