SEOUL, South Korea: The South Korean and US militaries flew 20 fighter jets over waters off South Korea's western coast Tuesday in a continued show of force as a senior US official warned of a forceful response if North Korea goes ahead with its first nuclear test explosion in nearly five years.
Hours before Sherman's meeting in Seoul, State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters in Washington that the United States remains concerned that North Korea could seek its seventh test 'in the coming days.'The Biden administration's punitive actions over North Korea's weapons tests in recent months have been limited to largely symbolic unilateral sanctions.