S. Korean president says N.K. nukes, missiles a serious, real threat

SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged North Korea to quickly return to the dialogue table Monday, noting its provocations and threats were disturbing peace and stability not only in the region, but throughout the world.

"President Moon denounced North Korea, saying the country was disturbing peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the region, as well as the global order, by moving ahead with its test launches of missiles with an intercontinental range," Moon's spokesman Park Soo-hyun said of a meeting between the South Korean leader and the visiting chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford.

"The president noted the current security conditions on the Korean Peninsula constituted a more serious, real and urgent threat than ever created by the advancement in North Korea's nuclear and missile technologies," the spokesman told a press briefing.

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