Tensions Rise Over North Korea

South Korea’s top diplomat said Thursday he was confident that the U.S. would consult Seoul before taking any serious action against North Korea, seeking to soothe lawmakers amid heightening tensions on the peninsula.

Addressing a parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, the country’s Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said U.S. officials “repeatedly reaffirmed that [they] will closely discuss with South Korea its North Korea-related measures,” Yonhap News Agency reports.