North Korea Warns of ‘Physical Retaliation’ Against South Korea
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North Korea said it will counter with “strong physical retaliation” joint military exercises by South Korea and the U.S. and plans to deploy a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier off South Korea’s western coast.
The warning isn’t an “empty threat,” the state-run Korea Central News Agency reported today, citing a commentary in the Rodong Sinmun daily newspaper. The naval drills off the Korean Peninsula are an “intolerable challenge” and a “premeditated military provocation to ignite a war,” the newspaper said, according to KCNA.