Beijing critical of Korea tensions

China deplored tension on the Korean peninsula yesterday and, in an apparent reference to North Korea, said no country should be allowed to plunge the region into chaos after the US postponed a missile test to ease talk of war.

Meanwhile, Switzerland has offered to mediate with North Korea amid the tensions.

North Korea, led by 30-year-old Kim Jong-un, has been issuing threats of war against the US and US-backed South Korea since the UN-imposed sanctions after its third nuclear weapon test in February.