North Korea vows ‘merciless counterblow’ to U.S., South Korea
North Korea said Sunday that it will “deal a merciless counterblow to the U.S. imperialists” and to South Korean “traitors,” in response to word that the United States and South Korea will begin a joint military exercise on Monday.
“The military counteraction of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) will be the severest punishment no one has ever met in the world,” a spokesman for the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army said in a statement carried by North Korea’s official news agency.
On Friday, the U.S. and South Korea announced that an annual joint military exercise would begin on Monday and last for 11 days. The drill is designed to ensure that the South Korea-U.S. military alliance is “fully prepared to respond to any potential provocations,” according to a statement from U.S. forces in South Korea.
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