U.S. military base in South Korea accidentally blared an alert siren instead of a bugle call, causing a brief scare just as the U.S. and its allies are monitoring for signs of provocation from North Korea, which has warned it could send a \u201cChristmas gift\u201d over deadlocked nuclear negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The siren at Camp Casey, which is near the border with North Korea, went off by \u201chuman error\u201d at around 10 p.m. Thursday, said Lt. Col. Martyn Crighton, a public affairs officer for the 2nd Infantry Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident came a day before Japanese broadcaster NHK caused panic by mistakenly sending a news alert saying North Korea fired a missile over Japan that landed in the sea off the country\u2019s northeastern island of Hokkaido early Friday. The broadcaster apologized, saying the alert was for media training purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
North Korea has been dialing up pressure on Washington ahead of an end-of-year deadline issued by leader Kim Jong Un for the Trump administration to offer mutually acceptable terms for a nuclear deal. There are concerns that Pyongyang could do something provocative if Washington doesn\u2019t back down and relieve sanctions imposed on the North\u2019s broken economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tensions eased after Kim initiated diplomacy with Washington and Seoul in 2018 while looking to leverage his nukes for economic and security benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But negotiations have faltered since a February summit between Kim and President Donald Trump broke down after the U.S. side rejected North Korean demands for broad sanctions relief in exchange for a partial surrender of its nuclear capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement issued earlier this month, North Korean senior diplomat Ri Thae Song asserted that the Trump administration was running out of time to salvage faltering nuclear negotiations, and said it\u2019s entirely up to the United States to choose what \u201cChristmas gift\u201d it gets from the North.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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