Ongoing U.S.-ROK military drills and the trilateral summit at Camp David have made “thermo-nuclear war” on the Korean Peninsula “more than likely,” North Korea warned Tuesday, threatening to “punish the hostile forces.”
The commentary in DPRK state media came a day after Seoul and Washington kicked off large-scale summertime exercises called Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS), with South Korea publicizing that it carried out air force training on intercepting North Korean planes.
Ongoing U.S.-ROK military drills and the trilateral summit at Camp David have made “thermo-nuclear war” on the Korean Peninsula “more than likely,” North Korea warned Tuesday, threatening to “punish the hostile forces.”
The commentary in DPRK state media came a day after Seoul and Washington kicked off large-scale summertime exercises called Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS), with South Korea publicizing that it carried out air force training on intercepting North Korean planes.
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