North Korea: Tillerson rejects Bannon claim that military strike is off table
(The Guardian North Korea)

Trump strategist says `10 million´ South Koreans would die in counter-attack but secretaries of state and defence insist Kim Jong-un should fear armed responseThe US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, has insisted that Washington is still considering using force against North Korea, in a public challenge to claims by the White House´s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, that `there is no military solution` to the nuclear crisis.Following talks with Japan´s foreign and defence ministers in Washington on Thursday, Tillerson said the US was seeking a peaceful solution to the standoff with Pyongyang but reserved the right to use military force if political and economic pressure failed to curb the regime´s nuclear ambitions. Continue reading...