South Korea sends a warning to Pyongyang as nuclear-capable US sub visits the country

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Periodic visits by US nuclear ballistic missile-capable submarines to South Korea were one of several agreements reached by President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in April in response to North Korea’s expanding nuclear threat.

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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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