Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters during a visit to China that the US conflict with North Korea is "overheated" and that the first priority was to calm things down, The Washington Post reported on Saturday.
He added that the US has a direct line of communication open with Pyongyang over North Korea's nuclear tests. "We're not in a dark situation, a blackout," Tillerson said.
The threat posed by North Korea has rapidly escalated in recent weeks. The rogue nationfired a missileover Japan a few weeks ago for the second time in two months