North Korea situation poses wider dangers to regional and global security: PM Lee
2017-10-20 09:56:27 source：Straits Times
October 20, 2017
SINGAPORE - North Korea's ongoing nuclear provocations do not just pose an immediate danger to the region, but could shift the strategic balance in Northeast Asia and raise tensions in the longer term, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said.
He noted that Pyongyang's recent nuclear tests have seen the South Koreans and Japanese looking at what they need to do to protect themselves against the threat from their rogue neighbour, in particular by developing some form of nuclear capability.
"If it goes that way, and South Korea and Japan go closer to be in nuclear power or actually cross the threshold, it means a different strategic and security balance in Northeast Asia," he said.
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