A FOREIGN AFFAIR United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin after their news conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on Monday, June 13, 2022 (June 14 in Manila). AP PHOTO
A FOREIGN AFFAIR United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin after their news conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on Monday, June 13, 2022 (June 14 in Manila). AP PHOTO

WASHINGTON, D.C.: South Korea's top diplomat said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) that North Korea had completed preparations for a new nuclear test and that only a political decision by that country's top leadership can prevent it from going forward.

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