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US President Joe Biden warns that a nuclear attack by North Korea against the United States or its allies would be "unacceptable." Such an attack "would result in the end" of the regime, Biden tells a joint news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledges that North Korea has shown a "level of restraint" in not conducting nuclear or missile tests since new UN sanctions were imposed. SOUNDBITE
The United States denounces Russia's veto that ended a UN panel monitoring sanctions on North Korea, accusing Moscow of seeking to hide its growing military cooperation. "Russia's actions today have cynically undermined international peace and security, all to advance the corrupt bargain that Moscow has struck with the DPRK," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. SOUNDBITE
North Korea seen across border after it fires ballistic missile into sea. IMAGES
A missile test or nuclear test by North Korea is a "genuine possibility" during US President Joe Biden's upcoming trip to Asia, says US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. SOUNDBITE