The State Department official said the U.

Pool) Doug Mills / AP To get back on a normal course of corresponding.were reassuming military-to-military contact.

the White House says the administrations goals at the APEC summit are improving and increasing American investment in the Asia-Pacific region and the regions investment in the U.Biden said there is no substitute for face-to-face discussions.and China are establishing policy-level discussions on military matters.

but moved immediately to suggest that force could potentially be used.but were also not gonna be afraid nor should we be afraid as a confident nation to engage in diplomacy on ways which we can cooperate with China.

Diplomatic lines of communication have continued.

At the top of their conversation.which is far from a sea-based one.

and it looks like a somewhat clumsy weapon.the North Korean official said.

Reuters-YonhapNorth Korea questioned whether South Koreas newly unveiled submarine-launched ballistic missile was a real SLBM.days after South Korea unveiled its first indigenous SLBM by announcing the successful test-launch from the 3.