A senior North Korean official has accused the US of turning the Korean peninsula into “the world’s biggest hotspot†and creating “a dangerous situation in which a thermonuclear war may break out at any momentâ€.
North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador, Kim In-ryong, described US-South Korean military exercises as the largest ever “aggressive war drill†and said his country was “ready to react to any mode of war desired by the USâ€.
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Kim’s warning came as the US vice-president, Mike Pence, assured Japan that Washington would work closely with its allies in the region to bring about a peaceful resolution to the crisis and denuclearise the Korean peninsula. Posted By PSmooth