North Korea says US drills threaten to turn region into 'critical war zone'

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SEOUL - North Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday (Feb 2) that drills by the United States and its allies have pushed the situation to an 'extreme red-line' and threaten to turn the peninsula into a 'huge war arsenal and a more critical war zone.' The statement, carried by state news agency KCNA, said Pyongyang was not interested in dialogue...

A handout photo. South Korean and US Air Forces conducting a combined air training with South Korean F-35A fighters, US B-1B strategic bombers, and F-22 and F-35B fighters participating in the skies over the West Sea, in South Korea.SEOUL - North Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that drills by the United States and its allies have pushed the situation to an "extreme red-line" and threaten to turn the peninsula into a "huge war arsenal and a more critical war zone.

In Washington, the White House rejected the North Korean statement and reiterated a willingness to meet with North Korean diplomats "at a time and place convenient for them." "This is a vivid expression of the US dangerous scenario which will result in turning the Korean peninsula into a huge war arsenal and a more critical war zone," the North Korean statement said.

"We will continue to work alongside our allies and train and ensure that we maintain credible and ready forces," he said. Last year, North Korea conducted a record number of ballistic missile tests, which are banned by United Nations Security Council resolutions. It was also observed reopening its shuttered nuclear weapons test site, raising expectations of a nuclear test for the first time since 2017.

 

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