US Pacific fleet chief says North Korea is top security concern

By The Manila Times

Jan 22, 2014 7:39 pm

United States Navy’s Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Harry Harris (left) speaks to journalists during his visit to USS Spruance (DDG 111), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer which docked in Sembawang wharves in Singapore on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO

SINGAPORE: North Korea remains Washington’s “number one security concern” in Asia, the United States (US) Pacific Fleet commander said on Wednesday, despite simmering territorial disputes elsewhere in the region.

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