{"id":1489270,"date":"2022-05-24T07:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T11:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489270"},"modified":"2022-05-24T07:29:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T11:29:53","slug":"biden-u-s-ready-to-respond-if-north-korea-fires-nuke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-u-s-ready-to-respond-if-north-korea-fires-nuke\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden: U.S. Ready to Respond If North Korea Fires Nuke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-u-s-ready-to-respond-if-north-korea-fires-nuke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489270&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the U.S. is prepared to respond if North Korea conducts a nuclear test while he travels around Asia.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference while visiting South Korea on Sunday, Biden was asked if he\u2019s concerned that North Korea may carry out a nuclear weapons test while he\u2019s traveling between Asian countries. Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/05\/22\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-hyundais-investments-in-savannah-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cWe are prepared for anything North Korea does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve thought through how we\u2019d respond to whatever they do, and so I am not concerned, if that\u2019s what you\u2019re suggesting,\u201d Biden added.<\/p>\n<p>Biden offered his comments as North Korea has conducted several high-profile weapons tests in recent months. In March, North Korea conducted multiple tests of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) components before carrying out its <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/03\/north-korea-fires-intercontinental-ballistic-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first full test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in four years.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, North Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/05\/north-korea-fires-unidentified-projectile-toward-east-sea-says-south-korean-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fired another unidentified projectile <\/a>into the Sea of Japan. <\/p>\n<p>North Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/05\/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles-ahead-of-bidens-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conducted another series of short-range ballistic missile launches<\/a> just days before Biden arrived in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in his South Korea visit, Biden said \u201c[South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol] and I committed to strengthening our close engagement and work together to take on challenges of regional security, including addressing the threat posed by the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea by further strengthening our deterrence posture and working toward a complete denuclearization of the prin- \u2014 of the Korean Peninsula.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is the official name of the North Korean government.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, Biden declined to visit the demilitarized zone (DMZ), which separates North and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea has recently seen an outbreak of COVID-19 and has <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/05\/north-korea-confirms-first-covid-19-cases-and-at-least-1-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported its first death from the virus<\/a>, which has impacted the rest of the world for the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>During a Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/05\/21\/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-yoon-suk-yeol-of-the-republic-of-korea-in-joint-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press conference<\/a> in South Korea, Biden was asked if he would impose any preconditions before meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un or providing COVID-19 vaccines to the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould I provide vaccines for North Korea and would I prepare to meet: The answer is yes,\u201d Biden said.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve offered vaccines not only to North Korea but to China as well, and we\u2019re prepared to do that immediately.\u00a0 We\u2019ve gotten no response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith regard to whether I would meet with the leader of North Korea, that would be dependent on whether he was sincere and whether it was serious,\u201d Biden added.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Biden continued onto Japan during his ongoing tour of Asia.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the U.S. is prepared to respond if North Korea conducts a nuclear test while he travels around Asia. 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