INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
U.S intelligence shows there could be a North Korean nuclear test, or missile test, or both, before, during or after President Joe Biden&s
trip to South Korea and Japan starting this week, the United States national security adviser Jake Sullivan, said on Wednesday.We are
preparing for all contingencies, including the possibility that such a provocation would occur while we are in Korea or in Japan,& Sullivan
told a White House briefing.Sullivan said the United States was coordinating closely with South Korea and Japan on the issue and had also
discussed North Korea with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi about North Korea in a phone call on Wednesday.We&ve indicated in quite clear
terms that our intelligence does reflect a genuine possibility that there will be either a further missile test, including long-range
missile test, or a nuclear test, or frankly both, in the days leading into, on, or after the president&s trip to the region,& Sullivan
said.He said the United States was prepared to make both short and longer term adjustments to its military posture as necessary ''to ensure
that we are providing both defense and deterrence to our allies in the region and that we&re responding to any North Korean
provocation.White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told the same briefing Biden would not visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that
divides North and South Korea during his visit to South Korea, which begins on Friday.The White House said last week Biden was considering
such a trip.He will he will not visit the DMZ … not on this trip,& Jean-Pierre said.The post United States warns of possible North Korean
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