SEOUL: US military action against nuclear-armed North Korea is an “option on the table,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday after warning the policy of strategic patience with Pyongyang was over.

In strong statements that appear to signal a sea change in American policy towards the isolated country, the United States’ top diplomat said North Korea’s burgeoning missile and nuclear programmes must be halted.

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