00:00 South Korea`s President Yun Suk-yol boarding a U.S. nuclear capable submarine in the southern
00:06 port city of Busan on Wednesday.
00:08 It was the first time in more than four decades that an American submarine of this type has
00:13 docked in the country.
00:15 And the president`s visit to it was intended to send a strong message to North Korea.
00:20 "The U.S. will continue to respond to North Korea`s nuclear missile threat by developing
00:31 strategic assets such as the nuclear partnership group, SSBN."
00:40 The U.S. sent the submarine to South Korea after repeated missile tests by the North.
00:45 Pyongyang fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as the vessel docked
00:51 in what appeared to be a statement of defiance.
00:54 China meanwhile says it`s concerned about the escalation of regional tensions that it
00:59 says undermines the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
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