US says watching N. Korea events carefully
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The United States is watching developments in North Korea carefully but it is too early to tell how the country's leadership may be evolving or how other nations should respond, a top US diplomat said on Monday. North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-il has named his youngest son as a military general, state media KCNA said on Tuesday, marking the first stage of a dynastic succession.
"The United States is watching developments in North Korea carefully and we will be engaged with all of our partners in the Asia-Pacific region as we try to assess the meaning of what's transpiring there," Kurt Campbell, the top U.S. diplomat for the Asia-Pacific region, told reporters. (Reuters)
