U.S. vows to protect world from North Korea's

Secretary of State John Kerry today said the U.S. would defend the world from North Korea and warned the pariah nation it would not be accepted as a nuclear state.

In a landmark speech in Seoul, Mr Kerry gave the strongest indication yet that military force could be used to tackle the escalating crisis on the Korean peninsula.

He said: 'The U.S., South Korea and the international community are united in the fact that North Korea will not be accepted as a nuclear power.

'The rhetoric we are hearing from North Korea is simply unacceptable. I'm here to make it clear today that the U.S. will defend our allies and ourselves.'

He went on to say the ultimate aim was to establish peace and the eventual reunification of the two Koreas.

His comments came after a Pentagon agency concluded for the first time that the secretive country could have a likely ability to launch a nuclear-armed missile at its enemies, although this was later played down by the Obama administration...continue reading..