U.S. vows to defend South Korea with full military force following Pyongyang threats

North Korea has lodged multiple protests over planned joint U.S.-South Korean war games, and said Wednesday it would respond to force in kind.

The conversation was recorded in a statement detailing the general's meeting with South Korea counterpart General Park Han-ki.

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is also in South Korea Thursday, due to attend the annual Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul on Friday.that he would consider changing U.S. military activity in South Korea if it could help officials revive talks with their North Korean counterparts. There are currently around 25,000 American soldiers stationed on the Korean Peninsula.

The North has long condemned joint U.S.-South Korean military drills, considering them preparation for a future invasion of the isolated dictatorship.

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