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No policy yet on Nokor ‘attack’

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The government has yet to craft out a policy in the event of a military attack between North Korea and the United States in the face of heightened tensions between the two countries over Pyongyang’s continuing launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

“As of now, we’re not prepared to say which side we will be on other than we want the side of, we want the (United Nations) charter followed, we want all parties to refrain from the use of force, we want all parties to utilize peaceful means in resolving this dispute,” Palace Spokesman Harry Roque was quoted as saying by Kyodo News report during a forum with foreign correspondents based in Manila.

 The Philippines and the United States, under a Mutual Defense Treaty, are duty-bound to defend the other in case of an attack by an external force.

Pyongyang recently tested the Hwasong-15 missile, which it described as its “most powerful” ICBM capable of striking anywhere in the United States.

It landed in Japanese waters but flew higher than any other missile the North had previously tested.

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The test, which defied international sanctions imposed over the North’s weapons program, drew swift international condemnation.

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