N. Korea not to escalate confrontation, Hong says

N. Korea not to escalate confrontation, Hong says

South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young speaks at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club on June 18. Hong said North Korea is not likely to escalate confrontation with South Korea following an exchange of gunfire in the Yellow Sea earlier this week.

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