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US submarine arrives near North Korea amid nuke test fears
- The USS Michigan arrived on Monday ahead of a possible Tuesday nuke trial
- Tuesday is the 85th anniversary of the start of the North's Korean People's Army
- The US, Japan and South Korea are meeting in Tokyo to discuss North Korea
- Trump has also invited the entire Senate to the White House on Wednesday
- And the UN Security Council on North Korea will also meet on Friday
- Japan and China are to meet too; China is an unhappy ally of the hermit state
- North Korea has refused to stop its nuclear tests and is threatening more trials
- The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group is also heading to the peninsula
A nuclear-powered US submarine arrived in a South Korean port on Tuesday in a show of force amid concerns that North Korea may attempt another missile launch or nuclear test on Tuesday.
The port call in Busan by the USS Michigan came as an American aircraft carrier strike group continued steaming towards Korean waters.
And as tensions in the area continued to rise, the top nuclear envoys from South Korea, Japan, and the US met in Tokyo to discuss North Korea's refusal to give up its nuclear program.
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