Hwang's call for composure comes amid rising speculations on social media of a possible USA attack on North Korea.
US officials said at the weekend the carrier group would take more than a week to reach waters near the Korean peninsula.
The North convenes a Supreme People's Assembly session on Tuesday, one of its twice-yearly sessions in which major appointments are announced and national policy goals are formally approved.
Kim said. He continued, that the two sides agreed that "an even stronger United Nations resolution" will have to be adopted in the event of additional weapons test by North Korea. A military parade is expected in the North's capital, Pyongyang, to mark the day.
In a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn noted that North Korea could carry out an additional nuclear test or other provocations this month to mark various anniversaries. North Korea is emerging as one of the most pressing foreign policy problems facing the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Media in Japan said the government confirmed it would take all precautions regarding possible fresh North Korean provocations. Trump tweeted Wednesday: "Had a very good call last night with the President of China concerning the menace of North Korea".
The rogue state has expanded its tests in size, sophistication and scope in recent years leading to fears it is preparing to launch missiles to targets in either Japan, South Korea or the continental U.S., having calculated that nuclear capability is the only way to secure strength.
There is no need to worry about security on the Korean Peninsula, said South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Lee Duk-haeng at a briefing yesterday.
North Korea's foreign ministry said the approach of the U.S. Navy strike group showed Washington's "reckless moves for invading had reached a serious phase".
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sent congratulations to North Korea ahead of Kim Il Sung's birthday and said the two countries were "conducting a war against big powers' wild ambition to subject all countries to their expansionist and dominationist policy", North Korea's KCNA news agency said. Kim said that during his discussions, Wu had repeated his country's opposition to the US deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery.
Hong said Seoul will have to consult with Washington about a preemptive strike, saying that although an attack would be aimed at resolving the regime's nuclear threat, South Korea must consider its possible ramifications. McMaster said, "What must happen is the denuclearization of the peninsula".
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