North Korea vows to respond US-South Korea joint military exercises with 'offensive action' as US official flies to Seoul for talks with allies over the Pyongyang's growing nuclear threat
North Korea accuses US and South Korea of escalating tensions to the brink of nuclear war through their joint military drills, state media reported, as the two allies have been conducting a series of exercises since March.
The North Korean comments came a day after the United States flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Korean Peninsula forwith South Korean warplanes in their latest show of force against the North, which portrays the allies’ drills as invasion rehearsals. Following meetings with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin and other South Korean officials on Thursday, Kim will take part in a three-way meeting with the South Korean and Japanese nuclear envoys on Friday, according to South Korea’s Foreign Ministry.
They discussed seeking an active role from China – North Korea’s key ally and economic lifeline – in persuading Pyongyang to halt its weapons displays and return to denuclearisation talks, according to the South Korean Foreign Ministry.
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