U.S. to push China, Asian states to ramp up pressure on N. Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will push China and other Asian countries to "galvanize" pressure on North Korea over its weapons programs during a series of regional foreign ministerial meetings starting Saturday in the Philippines, a U.S. official said Wednesday.Tillerson has no plans to hold talks with his North Korean counterpart during Association of Southeast Asian Nations-related meetings in Manila, but is expected to meet bilaterally with China there, Susan Thornton, acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, said in a teleconference.Amid escalatin…READ FULL ARTICLE