U.S. State Department: 'North Korea nuclear U.S.-China strategic area remains political decision'

A high-ranking US diplomat in East Asia announced on the 4th that the launch of a North Korean ballistic missile was “an area of ​​cooperation with US strategic rival China” and “a political decision remains.”
Commenting on Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific, remarks by Reuters, "The top US diplomat in East Asia described North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile at Japan as 'unhappy' and 'unstable' on Tuesday, but the dialogue The road to Japan is still open.”
"Persuading North Korea to denuclearize should be an area of ​​cooperation with the US' strategic rival, China," Krittenbrink said on the same day.
"Washington is open to dialogue with North Korea without any preconditions," he said at an event hosted by the Koran-American Institute shortly after North Korea's ballistic missile launches. It's action," Reuters reported.
Reuters commented on his remarks, saying, "It reiterated the US assessment that the resumption of North Korea's nuclear bomb test for the first time since 2017 is likely awaiting a political decision."
President Yun Seok-yeol told reporters on the same day that "North Korea has also launched another 4,000 km long-range missile over the Japanese archipelago." said.
Earlier, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said, "At about 7:23 a.m., it detected a single intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that was launched from Mupyeong-ri, Jagang Province, North Korea and passed over Japan to the east." 17 was detected.
The Japanese government confirmed the North Korean launch and said that the ballistic missile passed through the Japanese archipelago and fell into the Pacific Ocean, and issued an evacuation order to Hokkaido and Aomori.
Japan's Interior Minister Mazuno said, "North Korea fired a ballistic missile from land to the east at around 7:22 am. ” he said.
Yomiuri said, “This is the seventh time a North Korean ballistic missile has passed through Japan since the Hwasong 12 medium-range ballistic missile that flew over Hokkaido on September 15, 2017. There were no warnings about firing. North Korea's 23rd missile launch, including a cruise missile, was reported. did.
As of the last 10 days in North Korea, it is the fifth and only the ninth missile launch under the Yun Seok-Yeol administration.
North Korea has launched ballistic missiles 21 times this year and cruise missiles twice this year, and it is the first time in five years since 2017 that it has passed through the Japanese archipelago.