North Korea leader Kim Jong Un's sister says South Korea and the U.S. should pay a price for going ahead with annual joint military drills due to begin this week.
to the drills also threatens to upend efforts by South Korean President Moon Jae-in to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang blew up last year and to hold a summit as part of efforts to restore relations.
U.S. Department of Defense spokesman Martin Meiners declined to comment on the North Korean statement and said it was against policy to comment on training. Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, said Pyongyang might be trying to secure an upper hand in future talks with South Korea and the United States.
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