The White House on Tuesday warned North Korea to refrain from future hostile acts (in the region). It said Pyongyang should “refrain from engaging in any more hostile or provocative actions. They do nothing to advance the cause of peace on the Korean Peninsula [or] in northeast Asia,” spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard the presidential airplane. Such hostile acts “do nothing to help the North Korean people, many of whom are starving because of the predilection of the North Korean regime to spend money on weapons systems rather than on economic development,” Carney said. The White House remarks came amid new speculation that North Korea could soon conduct a third nuclear test after firing a long-range rocket earlier this month.
