Wednesday, June 22, 2016

US wants to pressure North Korea to stop missile tests

The White House says it will continue to work with it's allies and other members of the six-party talks to pressure North Korea to stop testing missiles.

As Washington condemned the tests, analysts notes the Musudan rocket reached high altitude for the first time, after a series of failures.

For now, White House spokesman Josh Earnest says, the U.S. and it's allies want to pressure Pyongyang into stopping the tests.

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OUT: ...North Koreans."
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White House spokesman Josh Earnest says it would be in Pyongyang's best interest to stop testing missiles.

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OUT: ...will suffer."
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