Washington should “take full responsibility” if the DPRK-U.S. relations deteriorate, North Korean state-run media on Friday said, stepping up accusations that the Trump administration is staging covert military operations on the peninsula.

In the article, the Uriminzokkiri — widely seen as outer-track media and not for domestic consumption — continued what has been a week of anti-U.S. rhetoric in state outlets, denouncing Washington for conducting unannounced drills against the North in the Philippines and South Korea.