North Korea threatens to exercise self-defense as it slams US-South Korea military drills

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Friday threatened to exercise its right to self-defense in a statement that slammed the upcoming U.S.-South

North Korea on Friday condemned an upcoming major U.S.-South Korea joint military exercise, calling it a war rehearsal and warning to respond with "overwhelming force."

Pyongyang has accused the US of pushing the world 'to the brink of nuclear war'.

North Korea slams US-South Korea military drills and threatens strong response  AP News

North Korea has threatened unspecified stern steps against the United States and South Korea, slamming their upcoming military drills as a war rehearsal that it claimed would be more provocative than last year

North Korea has threatened to exercise its right to self-defense in a statement that slammed the upcoming U.S.-South Korean military drills as a war rehearsal that would be more provocative than last year

North Korea on Friday denounced an upcoming joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States, warning it will respond to the drills "with a new level of a deterrent." A spokesperson at North Korea's foreign ministry made the statement, as South Korea and the US are set to begin the annual Ulchi Freedom

North Korea threatened stronger deterrence measures as US-South Korea drills prepare forces for possible combat with troops hardened by fighting alongside Russia in Ukraine.

North Korea's second ballistic missile launch in less than a week comes as the U.S. and South Korea prepare for Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises.

North Korea on Wednesday performed its second ballistic missile test in less than a week, its neighbours said, a likely protest of the upcoming South Korea-U.S. military drills that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal.

North Korea has conducted ⁠a series of tests this year, including short-range ballistic missiles, artillery rockets and other tactical weapons.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast towards Japan early on Wednesday, Seoul’s military said, days before the planned start of massive US-South Korea joint drills. The 11-day exercises due to begin on Monday are a regular fixture of the summer calendar, designed to steel the United States and South

North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast, its second launch in less than a week, as the US and South Korea prepare for annual military exercises that Pyongyang has long denounced as a rehearsal for war.

The ballistic missile launch comes as South Korea and the US plan to conduct major joint military drills to counter North Korea's evolving nuclear and weapons capabilities.

North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of major US-South Korea military drills  Reuters

Taiwan is conducting its largest-ever annual military preparedness drills alongside extensive civil defense exercises.