Reuters, SEOUL North Korea yesterday condemned the US and its allies for what it called strengthening military blocs and accelerating arms buildups after a NATO summit this week.Pyongyang accused NATO leaders of portraying North Korea’s exercise of its legitimate sovereign rights as a threat, the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement carried by state media KCNA.The alliance demonstrated a stronger commitment to bloc-to-bloc confrontation through increased arms spending and closer military cooperation with allies in the Asia-Pacific region, the ministry said. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during the First Enlarged Meeting of the Ninth Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea at the government complex No. 1 in Pyongyang on Thursday. Photo: KC