Fail or succeed, the next North Korea nuclear test could be a disaster

Published March 18, 2017 5:02am ET



A Republican lawmaker on the House Intelligence Committee is among those who believe North Korea will soon conduct another nuclear test, which could lead to an international crisis regardless of whether it succeeds or fails.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson devoted his first Asia trip to rallying support for “a new range of diplomatic, security and economic measures.” That included a visit to China, which is angry about the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system to South Korea.

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