Germany urged North Korea and the United States to show “restraint” after apocalyptic threats from President Donald Trump and Pyongyang in their mounting war of words. “We are watching the increasing rhetorical escalation regarding the Korean Peninsula with the greatest concern,” foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer told reporters. “That is why we call on all sides to use restraint.” Schaefer said Berlin was convinced a “military option” could not be “the answer in the quest for a nuclear weapon- free Southeast Asia”.