NK News:

Washington is prepared to respond to any “late Christmas gift” from North Korea should one take place, a senior U.S. Department of Defense official said Thursday.

The comment refers to a North Korean warning last month that the U.S. would need to choose what kind of “Christmas gift” it wanted to receive — a warning that many interpreted as a threat to resume long-range missile testing.

Pyongyang is yet to follow through on that threat, however, with the end of December 2019 — the first month of the year — seeing the country refrain from provocative weapons testing.

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