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(VOVworld) – North Korea has condemned the recent US-South Korea-Japan missile defense drills to counter growing threats from North Korea. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted North Korea’s Rodon Sinmun daily as calling the drills a dangerous military act which will increase the confrontation on the Korean peninsula. The paper said North Korea will retaliate if similar drills recur. The US, Japan, and South Korea staged a three-day defense drill last month to coordinate activities to detect and trace any firing by North Korea of ballistic missiles. South Korea’s Foreign Minister Yoo Byung-se and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday had a telephone conversation about how to stop North Korea’s nuclear missile program. The same day Tillerson spoke by telephone with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. … [Read more...] about North Korea condemns US-South Korea-Japan missile defense drill

(VOVworld) – On Sunday, North Korea slammed US-South Korea joint military drills which will beginning Monday, and said Washington will be held accountable for "igniting war" on the Korean peninsula. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry called the joint military drills dangerous war rehearsals which fully reveal their aggressive nature. If a war breaks out, it will not be limited to the peninsula nor be a conventional war, the Ministry said, suggesting it will be a nuclear war. North Korea will turn its defensive activities into an all-out offense as the situation has reached an uncontrollable grave phase. The Philippine Coast Guard is closely watching North Korea’s vessel Jin Teng and the 21 sailors on board while awaiting the UN’ reaction now that the UN has imposed further sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear activities. The vessel has been inspected twice, once using electronic sensorsto search for weapons. Several UN inspectors will soon arrive in the … [Read more...] about North Korea slams US-South Korea joint drills