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American appliance manufacturer Whirlpool is pushing for 'safeguard' measures to protect

it from competition created by Korean washing machines.

Samsung and LG are looking at ways to counter the move.

Lee Jeong-yeon reports.

Two of South Korea's biggest firms are meeting with government officials to discuss a possible

'safeguard' move by the U.S. against Korean washing machines.

According to industry sources, officials from the trade and foreign ministries will discuss

countermeasures with Samsung and LG,... after the U.S. International Trade Commission said

last Thursday that imported Korean washing machines were harming the U.S. industry.

The commission made the claim after a four month probe, prompted by a safeguard petition

filed by U.S. home appliance maker Whirlpool, to stop its South Korean rivals from flooding

the U.S. market with cheaper appliances.

LG and Samsung's meeting with government officials is expected to focus on building a detailed

counter-claim that South Korean products have not had a negative effect on the U.S. industry.

One of their arguments is that even though Samsung Electronics does top the list of home

appliance companies in the U.S., the market share of all brands owned by Whirlpool combined

has barely been affected.

Whirlpool's operating profit dropped by a mere 0-point-5 percent to 11-point-8 percent

in the second quarter of this year.

Samsung and LG have both released statements that a curb on imports would be detrimental

for consumers as it would limit choices, raise prices, and stifle innovation.

The safeguard petition comes amid a noticeably growing number of import restrictions that

have appeared since the KORUS FTA took effect five years ago.

Cases of restrictions have risen six fold since 2012.

And they've become even more common since the Trump administration took office, with

this case being the 8th already this year.

A public hearing has been scheduled for next Thursday, and the panel's recommendations

will be passed to President Trump by December 4th, upon which he will have roughly two months

to make a decision.

Lee Jeong-yeon, Arirang News

For more infomation >> Gov't, firms to discuss countermeasures over U.S. finding on Korean washers - Duration: 2:04.

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U.S. Air Force: SSgt. Israel Davila Jr., F-22 Crew Chief - Duration: 1:25.

The first time seeing my name on the side of an F-22 was kind of life changing.

It definitely made me realize how, I'm not just working on this thing, this thing's my baby.

I'm Staff Sergeant Israel Davila, Jr. and I'm a dedicated crew chief on the F-22 raptor.

I joined in 2011 and I got to my first base up in Anchorage, Alaska a year after that.

That was six years ago and here I am working on one of the most advanced fighter jets in the world.

Being a crew Chief on the overall mission, you're basically the last point of contact

between the pilot and the ground crews.

We're responsible with getting the aircraft from the pilot, inspecting it, fixing any

issues that develop within flight.

We work on the landing gears, the engines, hydraulic systems.

We do it all from kicking the tires to cleaning the canopy. On a typical F-22 maintenance

team, you've got your dedicated crew chief, anywhere from on to two assistant dedicated

crew chiefs, you got your specialists who work on avionics, and weapons crews loading

or unloading the aircraft.

We're enabling the pilot to accomplish the mission.

My favorite thing about being in the air force is learning something new every day.

There's not one day that goes by that I don't learn something I didn't know the day before.

And that just keeps me going.

For more infomation >> U.S. Air Force: SSgt. Israel Davila Jr., F-22 Crew Chief - Duration: 1:25.

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U.S. Biomass Forest Service Bioenergy Day 2017 - Duration: 4:59.

Bioenergy is a part of life in Northwest Montana. It fuels the region's wood

products and lumber manufacturing. It also generates power in the Flathead

Valley. We are a land of opportunity when it comes to biomass. Some of the

challenges we've faced with utilization is that we don't have a big biomass

industry here. It's a very small scale and we have an unlimited at this point

it seems an unlimited supply of material that could go that way. Having that

material bundled and drying in the forest is a fire hazard for a period of

time and when our high-priority areas are in the wildland urban interface near

homes and cities that's a challenge for us as well.

Bioenergy helps keep forests healthy by providing a market for fire prone

materials with no other value.

Obviously forest management is a key and when you

talk to people who know about biomass you know managing the forest there's a

lot of fuel out there that would help not only manage the forest but also

provide generation fuel for biomass resources. So I think it's it's kind of a

question of you know there's lots of fuel out there. Can it be appropriately

removed and put into a biomass facility which would help us with base load

generation issues. Biomass on its face probably is is the base load generation

component of it. Meaning when it's on it's on. It's not subject to when the

wind blows or when the sun shines. It actually is running 24/7. We source our

fuel from a number of different places for our, for our cogeneration plant. Our

primary source is from our mill. We take the bark off of the logs and any waste

that we don't. I mean we squeeze blood out of the turnip and our logs and so

any waste from it or the bark that comes in from those logs then gets used as

fuel. It saves us from having to find a market that was almost impossible for

our bark and our wood waste. It also cleans up the forest tremendously

and helps there. It's a real tangible benefit

of having that plant to utilize that would waste. But even more important and

we hear it all the time from the community they'd much rather see us

utilize that porous biomass than seeing it going up in flames and a wildfire.

Bioenergy heats a local high school during the cold winter, using fuel from

nearby forest products manufacturer. The biomass system at glacier high school

came online in the fall of 2007, and we've been online systems so going into

our 10th year. I think the community was very supportive of the system just the

simple fact of being able to reduce your demand on utilities or natural resources.

Being able to utilize local forest products to do that, it's very affordable

system. And I would recommend it. Our current biomass fuels players are

being lumber out of Columbia Falls Montana. Roy and the staff up there have

been very easy to work with. We like the fact that people especially someone as

big as a school system is using that biomass as opposed to fossil fuel.

Biofuels our renewable resource less damaging to the environment than fossil

fuels are. So within the bounds of not abusing the resource of timber,

we definitely are in favor of doing as much of the renewable as possible.

Bioenergy is part of the region's economic innovation and also a way to

have affordable and strong building products that put out less pollution and

materials such as concrete and steel. Very simply it's kind of plywood on

steroids. We make large plates and solid lumber up to 40 feet long 11 feet wide

and up to 14 inches thick. The original intention for CLT is to

replace concrete and steel as a construction material. The biomass kind

of grew out of our what we called residuals program. So product that we

produce in the manufacturing of CLT are lower grade residuals we actually chip

and burn in the biomass heater which we use to control the environment in the

plant and to help acclimate some of our problem incoming product especially during

the winter months. And one of the greatest features about it is it's made

all from one wood, which is the only renewable building material there is

For more infomation >> U.S. Biomass Forest Service Bioenergy Day 2017 - Duration: 4:59.

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US Men's Soccer Team Searching For Answers After Failing To Qualify For World Cup - Duration: 2:32.

For more infomation >> US Men's Soccer Team Searching For Answers After Failing To Qualify For World Cup - Duration: 2:32.

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US deploys 'NUKE SNIFFER' plane as Trump's bombers fly over Korean peninsula - Duration: 2:44.

US deploys 'NUKE SNIFFER' plane as Trump's bombers fly over Korean peninsula

The intelligence-gathering aircraft – equipped with powerful radar to detect ballistic missiles – has been spotted around the sea of Japan.

It is believed the plane is in the region to observe Kim Jong-uns military activity.  Onlookers fear the hermit kingdom could be readying itself to test the dreaded Juche Bird missile in the South Pacific.

And chillingly, the development comes just hours after the US military revealed that strategic aircraft completed a mission in the region on Tuesday night. TIME FOR ACTION: The United States appears to be ramping up activity in the peninsula.

EXERCISE: The US sent bombers over the Korean peninsula overnight. A total of six military planes – including two B-1B bombers – took part in the show of force.

It was said to be regular deployment training – part of a broader plan for putting in place the extended deterrence against the North.

But the timing suggests something far more serious as the war of words between Washington and Pyongyang appears to reach boiling point. .

Just last night, President Trump summoned US generals to the White House War Room over the ongoing crisis. Fears of a conflict in the region heightened recently after Trump warned he would "totally destroy" Kims regime.

He described the tubby tyrant as a "rocket man on a suicide mission" in a barnstorming debut speech at the UN.

And the hermit kingdom responded by stressing their right to nuclear weapons, labelling Trump "deranged" in the process. Kim has repeatedly launched missiles and detonated his most powerful nuclear weapon in a series of tests this year.

He believes expanding his nuclear arsenal will secure the regime's rule and allow the North to defend itself from its neighbours and the threat of a US invasion.

For more infomation >> US deploys 'NUKE SNIFFER' plane as Trump's bombers fly over Korean peninsula - Duration: 2:44.

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U.S. Bank Stadium Officials Continue Complex Super Bowl Preparations - Duration: 3:37.

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South Korean President Moon to hold summit with U.S. President Trump early Nov. before ... - Duration: 2:31.

President Moon Jae-in will be piling up frequent flier miles in November.

The liberal leader's schedule for the month includes his first tour of Souteast Asia.

Before taking off, Moon is expected to play host to his American counterpart.

Moon Connyoung provides a glimpse of the meetings ahead.

The third of its kind.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will sit down with U.S. President Donald Trump for

their third bilateral summit early next month... as Mr. Trump makes his first-ever presidential

tour of Asia which will also take him to Japan and China.

The Blue House confirmed Thursday that the one-on-one will take place in Seoul this time...

following the first two in Washington D.C. and New York.

Dominating their conversation once again will be the growing nuclear and missile threats

from North Korea but what may also be discussed is the South Korea, U.S. Free Trade Agreement

- following the two sides' agreement last week to take it under the microscope.

After hosting the U.S. president at home, the South Korean leader will set out on his

fourth foreign trip since taking office and his first to Southeast Asia on November 8th...

for the usual round of regional summits, in addition to more than a few bilateral meetings

with global leaders.

The tour is expected to begin in Jakarta where he will likely sit down with Indonesian President

Joko Widodo... although the details of his three day visit haven't yet been finalized.

The South Korean leader will then head to Vietnam to participate in the Asia-Pacific

Economic Cooperation meeting which will bring together leaders from 21 member economies...

followed by a trip to the Philippines to attend the annual East Asia Summit and the ASEAN

Plus Three.

The ASEAN Plus Three summit involves leaders of the 10 member countries plus South Korea,

Japan and China.

President Moon's Southeast Asia tour comes at a critical time for South Korean diplomacy

as North Korea continues to ratchet up tensions.

Aug. 2, 2017 "President Moon reaffirmed his commitment

to strengthen South Korea's relations with member countries of the ASEAN to par with

our ties with the U.S., China, Japan, and Russia."

The South Korean president is expected to use the multilateral platform to rally support

for his policy on North Korea but just as important on Mr. Moon's mind - according to

Blue House officials - will be enhancing economic ties between Asia's fourth largest economy

and the fast growing economies of Southeast Asia.

Moon Connyoung, Arirang News, the Blue House.

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The U.S. Military and Wind Power: An important strategic partnership - Duration: 2:42.

I'm Dave Belote. I'm a retired Colonel, former F-16 pilot from the Air Force.

I was the Base Commander at Nellis Air Force Base,

and the Nevada Test and Training Range,

so in command of the largest fighter base complex in the country.

There aren't very many people who have been fighter pilots, and base commanders, and Pentagon staffers at a senior level,

and wind and solar developers,

and I've done all of those.

Anytime a wind developer files with the FAA,

and gets their Aeronautical Study Numbers,

that goes to the Clearinghouse, and to all the military services.

Each has a vote in the official system.

The services in the Clearinghouse can say, "No objection,"

"No objection with provision," for example,

"Light this with night vision compatible lighting,"

or, "Objection."

The system is absolutely working.

The men and women in the Pentagon and in the entire military chain of command,

every single one of them has one thing in mind,

and that is to promote the mission of the American military.

The wind industry is filled with great corporate citizens.

They want to work with the military, support the mission as much as possible,

A number of things can be done for mitigation.

Wind developers have paid for:

upgrades to the radar that take out most of the interference from wind turbines,

they have put night vision compatible lighting in projects,

they have moved, or completely removed, turbines from projects.

there has never been a wind farm built over a DOD finding of significant adverse impact,

they're batting 1,000 and that'll get you into the Hall of Fame anytime.

you actually want some wind turbines in and around military training facilities,

because we don't want a young man or woman looking at a radar scope

and seeing the impact of wind turbines on it for the first time when the bullets are real.

You wanna be flying in and around wind turbines

so that you understand genuinely what's going on.

I'd been preaching the message of behind-the-fence energy surety for years.

Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Irene showed that

diesel generators do you no good, if you can't get diesel to the generator.

But the wind's not gonna stop blowing,

the sun's not gonna stop shining,

and as long as you have those connected to a storage and a micro-grid,

military bases can operate in perpetuity.

And so if we are creating true energy surety

by having on-site and off-site renewable generation,

That's how we project our power,

That's how we protect our power projection capability.

That's how we also improve the planet for the future.

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Assign us a video topic! 3 million subscribers challenge - Duration: 1:38.

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The most decorated woman in the US military - Duration: 1:52.

December 7th, 1941 was a day that lives in infamy.

Americans still remember what happened at Pearl Harbor

almost 80 years later.

But we usually overlook the bombing of the Philippines

on that very same day.

Ruby Bradley was a combat nurse working

at a hospital on the island of Luzon that day,

where she treated the wounded from the Japanese

bombing and invasion.

This didn't go well for the Americans in the Philippines.

And as the army fell back, Bradley evacuated the

hospital and fled to the woods, where she lived

with two other medical personnel before a local

gave her away to the Japanese occupiers.

She spent the rest of the war as a POW.

In the camps, the trained nurse made daring break-ins

to hospitals to steal drugs and other equipment,

to help with surgeries, and even help feed babies

with her own rice ration.

Not one person ever suffered from infection under her care.

When the war ended, her life went back to normal

until the Korean War broke out.

Bradley found herself on the front lines yet again

and often refused to leave until her wounded

were evac'd first.

She was the last person on a plane as Pyongyang fell,

even as artillery blew up her ambulance.

Bradley once said, "You've gotta get out in a hurry

"when you have somebody behind you with a gun."

The lifelong nurse retired in 1963, possibly

the most decorated woman in American military history

to that point.

She did in 2003

and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Like, comment, and share this video,

and remember to hug a nurse today.

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Iran nuclear deal will remain valid regardless of U.S. decision, says EU policy chief - Duration: 6:35.

JUDY WOODRUFF: From Tehran, we turn to Brussels, and Federica Mogherini, the European Union's

high representative for foreign affairs and security.

She was the chief negotiator among the U.S., five other world powers and Iran when the

nuclear agreement was signed in July 2015.

The united Security Council endorsed it days later.

When I spoke with Mogherini earlier today, I started by asking her whether the deal could

still hold up, as it has been widely reported, if President Trump doesn't recertify.

FEDERICA MOGHERINI, Foreign Policy Chief, European Union: Well, first of all, let me

remind us all that the atomic agency, the IAEA, has certified eight times that Iran

is compliant with all the commitments included in the agreement.

Eight times, last time just a few weeks ago.

We have the international community strongly behind the full implementation of the deal

that has prevented Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

So, the deal not only will hold, but the deal doesn't belong to one country or another.

It's a U.N. Security Council resolution, and the entire international community, from Russia

to China to Japan to Latin America to Europe and the European Union, will continue to guarantee

that the deal will hold, is implemented, and that the Iranians will continue to stick to

their nuclear commitments.

JUDY WOODRUFF: So, if he were to take the step, to say that Iran is not in compliance,

what would it mean for the European Union, for the other U.S. allies in Europe?

FEDERICA MOGHERINI: Well, the rest of the international community will continue to stick

to the agreement, as we have done so far.

Let me also say something that is very important.

And I think the American people understand this perfectly well.

We are living in a moment of tensions and growing risks on the nuclear side.

We're seeing threats coming from the DPRK.

And, there, we see, regrettably, that there is no mechanism still in place to avoid a

nuclear proliferation.

We have one agreement that, on nuclear-related issues, has worked now two years consistently.

This is definitely not the right moment to dismantle a piece of nuclear nonproliferation

arrangements that is currently working and showing also in this way the good example

for the rest of the world.

JUDY WOODRUFF: It's being reported here President Trump is doing this because he believes this

is going to give him more political leverage over other co-signers to renegotiate the deal.

Do you agree that this -- that it would create pressure on you and the others to renegotiate,

that it could change the circumstances?

FEDERICA MOGHERINI: No, this deal has been negotiated for 12 years and has put together

major world powers, and has been, as I said, unanimously voted by the U.N. Security Council,

12 years of negotiations, 102 pages of clear details on extremely complex nuclear-related

aspects.

It's not a deal you can easily open and renegotiate.

There is no technical nor political space to renegotiate this deal.

I can tell you something.

Already, in other cases, the United States decided to step out of an agreement, the rest

of the world stick to it.

I think of the Paris climate agreement, for instance.

What will happen is not pressure to renegotiate an agreement that cannot be renegotiated and

should not be renegotiated, because it's working, and it's proven to be working.

What will happen will simply be that the United States will contravene an a U.N. Security

Council resolution, and the rest of the world will stick to it.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, given that, if President Trump does go ahead, declare that Iran is

not in compliance, what will you and the other signatories do about it?

What are your options?

FEDERICA MOGHERINI: I understand that, whatever message the president will pass, it will be

then up to Congress to make its own decisions.

But I would like to underline one thing that is important.

This is not a treaty or an agreement that the United States and Iran stipulated among

themselves.

We are talking again here of a U.N. Security Council resolution that is and will remain

valid, whatever decision the United States will take.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Ms. Mogherini, more broadly, there have been some disturbing critiques

President Trump made recently by the chairman of our Senate Foreign Relations Committee,

Bob Corker.

Among other things, he said the secretary of state, the secretary of defense and the

White House chief of staff are -- quote -- "all that's separating us from chaos."

He also said that President Trump is making reckless threats toward other countries that

could set the nation -- quote -- "on the path to World War III."

I want to ask you, as the leader of the European Union, how do you view President Trump's actions

with regard to world affairs since he's taken office?

FEDERICA MOGHERINI: It is true that, with the United States, we have longstanding friendship,

a strong partnership, many things we continue to do together, but also some points of difference,

when it comes to some of the foreign policy or security policy approaches that this administration

-- or President Trump, rather, personally is taking.

And I would like to stress this once again.

We are living in dangerous times in the world.

For once that we have an agreement that is functioning, that is working, that is delivering,

the worst thing you can do is trying to dismantle it, also because you would show the way to

others that making deals actually is not worth it, because the message that America would

send to the rest of the world is that America cannot be trusted upon, because a deal that

America voted for just two years ago in the U.N. Security Council, with a resolution unanimously

adopted, a deal that America helped to shape enormously, enormously, would be rejected

by the same country.

If we pass the message that every change of administration in Washington or elsewhere,

deals are thrown away and renegotiated, no one would negotiate with any administration

ever, and any deal would be exposed to be renegotiated every term.

This is not a way of making deals, not in foreign policy, not in private businesses.

And I think President Trump understands this perfectly well.

JUDY WOODRUFF: High Representative Federica Mogherini, thank you very much for talking

with us.

FEDERICA MOGHERINI: Thank you.

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US must 'REMOVE Kim Jong-un or nukes' – ex UN diplomat states - Duration: 2:11.

US must 'REMOVE Kim Jong-un or nukes' – ex UN diplomat states

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have put the globe on the edge of World War 3 after threatening each other with military action.

Kim's recent threats have targeted US forces in the Korean peninsula, with him vowing to wipe them off the map. And Trump has responded with a number of cryptic tweets on the matter, labelling it the calm before the storm.

TARGET? US warned it will have to take out Kim or his nukes.

Now former US ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, has claimed the US has been left with no choice but to launch military action against the Hermit Kingdom. He said: "We're down to two choices with North Korea.

"Either eliminate the regime or eliminate the nuclear weapons.". Mr Bolton, who has been named as a possible replacement for US secretary of state Rex Tillerson, is known for his pro-war rhetoric.

If Mr Bolton's claims are true, it would not be the first time the US has tried to remove the despot nation's regime.

The North claimed to have intercepted military files from their rivals in the South, showing assassination plans for the tubby tyrant.

The US and South Korea are also believed to have created a "decapitation squad", designed to specifically remove Kim should he think about detonating a nuclear missile on land.

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US sends SECOND nuclear warship and 7,500 marines within strike range of North Korea - Duration: 3:23.

US sends SECOND nuclear warship and 7,500 marines within strike range of North Korea

The USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, is en route to the western Pacific after leaving San Diego port last week. The Roosevelt will focus on maritime security operations in the Pacific and Middle East, the US military announced.

But the £3.4billion ($4.5billion) warship, known as "the Big Stick", has been sent to boost US defence on the Korean peninsula, according to South Korean media.

It is expected to arrive in region in the coming weeks amid fears North Korea is about to test another missile or nuclear weapon. REINFORCEMENTS: Donald Trump has dispatched the USS Theodore Roosevelt to the Pacific.

Admiral Steve Koehler, a strike group commander on the ship, said the 7,500 sailors and marines on the vessel are "ready as a war fighting force".

"The US Navy carrier strike group is the most versatile, capable force at sea," he said in a statement before the ship's launch.

"After nearly a year of training and integration exercises, the entire team is ready as a warfighting force and ready to carry out the nation's tasking.".

SHOW OF FORCE: The USS Ronald Reagan is already conducting military drills in the region.

If dispatched to the Korean peninsula, the Roosevelt will be the second aircraft carrier to arrive in the region after the USS Ronald Reagan. The USS Ronald Reagan is currently conducting joint military exercises with Japanese military near Okinawa.

A US military helicopter crash landed in Okinawa earlier today just hours after exercises kicked off. The Regan will take part in joint drills with South Korea later this month.

Tensions have been reaching fever pitch on the Korean peninsula in recent days with the US holding a series of military drills.

Six US planes – including a "nuclear sniffer" and two Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers – took part in the brazen show of force last night.

The provocative move came after Trump suggested military action against North Korea may be the only option to solve the crisis.

For more infomation >> US sends SECOND nuclear warship and 7,500 marines within strike range of North Korea - Duration: 3:23.

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North Korea special forces 'infiltrate' US-South Korea bases in army drills amid WW3 fears - Duration: 3:11.

North Korea special forces 'infiltrate' US-South Korea bases in army drills amid WW3 fears

It is the first time members of the special forces have carried out paragliding infiltration. A defence source said he was worried South Korean radar would hardly detect a night time airborne attack.

The source added: "I believe that North Korean special forces are adopting amazing methods of infiltration with limited resources.. According to officials, North Korea has been drilling paragliding soldiers at a training ground that has a model of the Combined Forces Command.

It is already known that the warmongering nation had built a model of the South Korean presidential office Cheong Wa Dae to conduct drills to sharpen their ability to sneak into the South.

The drills involved several North Korean special force teams including the army, navy and air force, the officials said.

A paraglider is easy to operate, it only weighs three to four kilograms and it is thought special forces could carry their folded gliders on their backs.

The troops could then fly from a summit to seize a target in a surprise attack. The exercise prompted the South Korean and US forces to conduct short-range air defence drills last month.

North Korea's drills come after months of threats and missile tests from the hermit kingdom, who last month tested a missile capable of reaching the continental US.

has been briefed by his generals on options to respond to North Korean aggression". In a statement, the White House said: This morning President Donald J.

Trump met with members of his national security team to receive a briefing from Secretary of Defence James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford.

The briefing and discussion focused on a range of options to respond to any form of North Korean aggression or, if necessary, to prevent North Korea from threatening the United States and its allies with nuclear weapons. After the meeting, the US flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean peninsula.

The most senior US general recently told the American army to with North Korea.

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NORTH KOREA LATEST: China demands US 'cool it' against Kim to stem World War 3 threat - Duration: 3:37.

NORTH KOREA LATEST: China demands US 'cool it' against Kim to stem World War 3 threat

Kim Jong-un's neighbour hit out after Donald Trump sent two Air Force B-1V Lancer war bombers over the Korean peninsula in a dramatic display of force.

  Beijing warned "dialogue is the best option" and Mr Trump's strategy could "backfire" after the US President warned he would push the button on military action at any moment.

  has repeatedly rapped despot Kim on the knuckles as the international community places more responsibility on Beijing to solve the crisis, which could erupt into.

  An editorial published in the China state-owned People's Daily read: "War on the Korean Peninsula would be catastrophic, and dialogue remains the best option.

"(Donald Trump's) threats seem to be part of a larger strategy, coherent or not, to instil fear in Pyongyang, so that it will agree to US demands to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs.

" China recognised "there is logic behind Trump's threat" but said it could "backfire massively".   It comes just a day after foreign ministry spokesman Hua Chunying called for calm.

  She said: "The current situation on the Korean Peninsula remains highly complex and severe.

"We hope that various parties can strictly observe and implement the UN Security Council resolutions, refrain from provoking each other and aggravating the contradiction, exercise restraint and caution to ease the tension."  In recent months President Trump has placed pressure on China to do more to rein in its neighbour.  But China is deeply suspicious of any US backed military build up in the region and has recently expressed repeated anger at the deployment of a US anti-missile defence system in South Korea.

However, Beijing has becoming increasingly concerned with , who have historically been allies. It comes as President Trump and Kim have been escalating their war of words sparking fears of an imminent military action.

On Saturday the US leader tweeted: "Presidents and their administrations have been talking to North Korea for 25 years, agreements made and massive amounts of money paid hasnt worked, agreements violated before the ink was dry, makings fools of US negotiators.

"Sorry, but only one thing will work!" Rogue leader Kim later responded, saying "no force on Earth" can stop the secretive regime as it continues to advance its nuclear weapons programme.

For more infomation >> NORTH KOREA LATEST: China demands US 'cool it' against Kim to stem World War 3 threat - Duration: 3:37.

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China sends guided-missile warship to 'engage' US destroyer as tensions mount - Duration: 2:50.

China sends guided-missile warship to 'engage' US destroyer as tensions mount

China was prompted to send its forces to chase the USS Chafee out of waters claimed by the communist nation following concerns Washington was undermining its power in the region.

On Tuesday, the nation's Defence Ministry said the event would affect trust between the two countries and added further operations could trigger "unwanted incidents".

It added: "In the face of repeated provocation by US forces, the Chinese military will further strengthen preparation for combat at sea and in the air and improve the defences to resolutely defend national sovereignty and security interests." The US has repeatedly sent ships to the disputed Parcel Islands in the South China Sea, which has triggered angry reactions from China.

HUNT: The Chinese Navy chased after the US vessel.

CAUGHT: China sent a warship to engage the US destroyer.

China has attempted to grab the resource-rich uninhabited islets, which are claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. A spokeswoman from China's Foreign Ministry urged US President Donald Trump to "respect the sovereignty and security" of the country.

It added: "The US destroyer's behaviour violated Chinese law and threatened the lives of military personnel of both sides.".

SQUEEZE: China and the US have mad Kims life a living hell recently. The move has potentially soured relations between the US and China, who are working together to contain North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un.

China has recently piled on the pressure by restricting vital resources from entering the Hermit Kingdom, putting Kim on the ropes.

But the tubby tyrant has hit back recently by issuing fiery warnings to his enemies and declared he would soon be able to fire a nuke at the US mainland.

For more infomation >> China sends guided-missile warship to 'engage' US destroyer as tensions mount - Duration: 2:50.

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North Korea to 'WIPE OUT' US power grid if Trump strikes first - Duration: 2:35.

North Korea to 'WIPE OUT' US power grid if Trump strikes first

US President Donald Trump and Kim have put the globe on the verge of World War 3 by constantly threatening each other with combat.

The Donald recently issued a series of cryptic tweets where he rejected any peace talks with North Korea, and hinted at impending military action.

He announced that he could also be on his way to the Korean border, appearing only miles away from the Hermit Kingdom's troops. UTTER DARKNESS: Kims next target is the US power grid.

But experts have warned that firing the first strike at the North could result in the US being sent back to the Dark Ages.

Hackers linked to the despot nation, who have recently stolen war plans from the South, are now targeting US electrical and power companies. Cyber security firm FireEye revealed that phishing emails were sent to companies to try and place malware on their computers.

Cybersecurity firm co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch said: "We've been worried for some time that one of the ways that North Korea can retaliate against further escalation of tensions via cyber, and particularly attacks against our financial sector.

"This is something they have perfected as an art against South Korea.".

WARNING: Kims next attack could succeed. It is not believed that the hacking attempts were successful, but experts also believe they are a sign that the tubby tyrant is planning to unleash a cyber attack.

Former FBi counterintelligence chief Frank Figliuzzi said: "This is a single that North Korea is a player in the cyber-intrusion field and it is growing in its ability to hurt us.".