North Korea denounced on Sunday joint military drills by South Korea, Japan and the United States, calling them an 'Asian version of NATO'.
US, South Korean and Japanese leaders agreed at a trilateral summit last year to conduct annual drills.North Korea denounced on Sunday joint military drills by South Korea, Japan and the United States, calling them an “Asian version of NATO” and warning of “fatal consequences”.
“We strongly denounce… provocative military muscle-flexing against the DPRK,” Pyongyang’s foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the state-run KCNA news agency Sunday, referring to the North’s official name. Seoul rejected Pyongyang’s accusations on Sunday, stating that the latest exercises are a continuation of defensive drills held regularly for years among the three allies.
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