North Korea asked the United Nations to stop joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States.
In a statement on state media on Sunday, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Sae-jeong said the allies’ exercises and statements had raised tensions to an “extremely dangerous level”.
He said that the United Nations and the international community must immediately urge the US and South Korea to stop their provocative remarks and joint military exercises.
Despite North Korea’s warning, South Korea and the US will hold joint military exercises.
South Korea and the United States will hold large-scale military exercises later this month, despite North Korea’s threat of “unprecedented” tough action against such drills.
South Korean and US forces will hold military exercises from March 13 to 23 to strengthen their joint defense capabilities, the militaries of both countries said in a statement on Friday.
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