<p>US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis toured the demilitarized zone dividing North and South Korea on Friday, October 27.</p><p>Speaking beside Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense, Song Young-moo, Mattis said, “North Korean provocations continue to threaten regional and world peace and despite unanimous condemnation by the United Nations’ Security Council they still proceed,” he said.</p><p>He added that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had made clear that “our goal is not war, but rather the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.” Credit: American Forces Network Pacific/DVIDS via Storyful</p><br />
