Only diplomacy can avert ‘global catastrophe’ over North Korea, warns Putin
Xiamen/Seoul — The world is grappling with how to respond to an increasingly belligerent, and capable, North Korea. As the US called for stronger sanctions and South Korea welcomed an agreement with the US to scrap a weight limit on its warheads, saying that would help it respond to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of a global “catastrophe” unless a diplomatic solution could be found. North Korea has said it has developed a hydrogen bomb that it can mount on a missile — dramatically raising the stakes in Pyongyang’s standoff with the international community over its banned weapons programmes. South Korea’s Asia Business Daily, citing an unidentified source, reported on Tuesday that North Korea had been spotted moving a rocket that appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) towards its west coast. Putin said on Tuesday that Russia “condemns” North Korea’s actions as “provocative”. “But resorting to just any sanctions i...
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