Team Biden Warns Kim Jong Un Against 'Incredibly Dangerous' Threat Of Nuclear Weapons As US Scrambles To Get Soldier Back

The United States, on Thursday, issued a warning to Kim Jong Un cautioning North Korea against making threats of nuclear weapons, while Washington concurrently seeks the release of an American soldier, Travis King, who crossed into North Korea on foot.

What Happened: Deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh defended the first port call in South Korea of a U.S. submarine designed to fire ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads in about four decades.

Singh stated, "Rhetoric like that, it's incredibly dangerous," adding that the deployment of the USS Kentucky to the South Korean port of Busan was a sign of long-standing cooperation between the two allies.

This came as the U.S. is currently seeking the release of King, who was facing expulsion from the military, joined a tour of the border and crossed into North Korea on foot.

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Why It Matters: North Korea’s defense minister, Kang Sun Nam, said the submarine deployment "may fall under the conditions of the use of nuclear weapons specified in the DPRK law on the nuclear force policy," Korean Central News Agency reported.

Kang warned the U.S. and South Korea that Pyongyang's military plan is for "thoroughly deterring and repelling the crazy maneuvers of the U.S. and its stooges to use nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula."

President Joe Biden warned Kim earlier this year that the use of nuclear weapons would mean the end of his regime. 

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol boarded the USS Kentucky on Wednesday. He drove home Biden's point, saying the port call would help "to ensure that North Korea cannot dream of a nuclear provocation and sends a clear warning that if it does, it will lead to the end of its regime."

"Our biggest concern about Private King is that we want to bring him home," the Pentagon spokeswoman said, adding there's no sign Pyongyang has responded to requests for communication.

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