Friday, April 12, 2013

 

Obama tells N. Korea to stop the threats

Obama: North Korea should end belligerence now.



After meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President Obama said the U.S. will be protected with "all necessary steps."

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says now is the time for North Korea to end its belligerence. He says the United States will take, in his words, "all necessary steps" to protect its people.
But Obama also says that no one wants to see a conflict on the Korean Peninsula.
Obama says N. Korea must end "belligerent" approachNorth Korea ratcheted up its threats against the U.S. after the U.N. Security Council levied new economic sanctions on the isolated nation. The penalties were in response to a February rocket launch.
Obama spoke alongside U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after the two met in the Oval Office.
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