South Korean President Calms Tension Between Pyongyang And The U.S

President Moon Jae-in of South Korea has called on North Korea to “stop worsening situation”, with a view to calm rising tensions between Pyongyang and the United States.

Tensions are heightened between U.S and North Korea, with both countries hinting on the use of military action against each other.

Speaking with top with senior aides and adviser on Monday, Moon said “there must be no more war on the Korean peninsula”, calling for peace in the resolve of North Korea nuclear situation.

“We urge North Korea to stop worsening situation, immediately stop provocations and threatening behaviour. There must be no more war on the Korean peninsula; whatever ups and downs we face, the North Korean nuclear situation must be resolved peacefully,” he said.

The South Korean President also said he believes the United States will respond to the current situation calmly and responsibly in a stance that is equal to South Korea.

North Korean military figures are putting the final touches on a plan to fire four missiles into the waters around the US territory of Guam, to be presented to leader Kim Jong Un by “mid-August.”

A notice put out by Guam’s Joint Information Center Saturday warned residents how to prepare “for an imminent missile threat.”

U.S. President Donald Trump had warned at the weekend that the U.S. military was “locked and loaded” if North Korea acted unwisely after last week threat to land missiles near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam.

Speaking in a co-authored opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis, said North faces a choice: “Take a new path toward peace, prosperity and international acceptance, or continue further down the dead alley of belligerence, poverty and isolation.

Following pressure from the US, China announced a full import ban on North Korean mineral resources and seafood would be effective Tuesday, August 15.

They’re part of the tougher sanctions approved by the United Nations Security Council earlier this month following two intercontinental ballistic missile tests by North Korea in July.