North Korea has made no verifiable changes to its military readiness, conventional or asymmetric capabilities, General Robert Abrams, head of  United States Forces Korea (USFK) said on Tuesday.

Speaking alongside Admiral Philip Davidson, chief of the United States Indo-Pacific Command at a U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing in Washington, Abrams praised diplomatic progress but said he remained “clear-eyed”  on the DPRK’s military capabilities.

“Little to no verifiable change has occurred in North Korea’s conventional and asymmetric capabilities that continue to hold the United States, South Korea, and our regional allies at risk,” Abrams told the assembled U.S. senators.

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