The Obama administration is urging North Korea to tone down the rhetoric which is helping the de-stabilize the peninsula.
Earlier, North Korea's top diplomat said Washington has gone too far -
That the United States has crossed the red line in the showdown,"
and that Pyongyang regards this quote thrice-cursed crime as a declaration of war."
At the U.S. State Department, Spokesman John Kirby appealed for calm.
IN: "It's time...
OUT: ... north korea people."
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