The North Korea “crisis has already gone too far," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday after Pyongyang announced plans to restart its main Yongbyon nuclear complex. “Nuclear threats are not a game. Aggressive rhetoric and military posturing only result in counter-actions, and fuel fear and instability," Ban said at a news conference in Andorra, where he is on an official visit. “There is no need for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to be on a collision course with the international community," the secretary-general said. “I am convinced that nobody intends to attack DPRK because of disagreements about its political system or foreign policy." Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, also said he is willing to facilitate talks to diffuse the situation.
