North Korea tests likely if they ‘don’t feel satisfied’: Pentagon chief

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday that North Korea’s rhetoric was concerning and Pyongyang would likely carry out tests if they “don’t feel satisfied,” amid fears the two countries could return to the collision course they had been on before launching diplomacy.

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