North Korea and United States

John Kerry: Kerry acknowledged that "our differences will continue to test us" but stressed that the world benefits when the United States and China are able to work together, including on the Iran nuclear deal and climate change, according to Asahi Shimbun. On North Korea, Kerry said the United States wanted new U.N. Security Council action that would impose "significant new measures" to punish Pyongyang for its latest test earlier this month and boost pressure on it to return to disarmament talks. "There been a lot of talk about North Korea through these past years. After meeting for more than four hours in Beijing in what they both termed "constructive" and "candid" discussions, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi nonetheless presented sharply opposing positions on the two issues at a news conference. Now we believe is the time for action that can bring North Korea back to the table," Kerry said. China is North Korea most important ally, chief trading partner and a key source of economic assistance. Wang said China agreed on the need for a new resolution, but suggested that Beijing would not support new sanctions. "Sanctions are not an end in themselves," he said. "The new resolution should not provoke new tension in the situation, still less destabilize the Korean Peninsula," Wang said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.