‘No Hostile Intent’ Toward North Korea, US Says of Its Support for Regional Allies

The United States said on Monday that its security supports for regional allies serve no hostile aim toward North Korea, rejecting North Korea’s claims that joint military drills in the region are “provocative” actions.
U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that North Korea’s recent missile launches pose a threat to the United States and its regional allies, but the United States will not change its stance on North Korea.
“It is the DPRK that, time and again, at an unprecedented rate, has engaged in provocations, including multiple tests of ICBM systems, other ballistic missiles, and other provocative activities that have posed a threat to peace and security in the Indo-Pacific and, in some ways, even well beyond,” Price said, using the acronym of North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea….}