North Korea has condemned WMD interdiction drills being held off the coast of South Korea’s Jeju Island, calling it a U.S.-led attempt to impose a “hostile blockade” against the DPRK and a “declaration of war.”
In a statement released Thursday by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), vice foreign minister Kim Son Gyong criticized the multilateral Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) maritime exercise staged on Wednesday as a “catalyst” that escalates tensions and the risk of nuclear war.
North Korea has condemned WMD interdiction drills being held off the coast of South Korea’s Jeju Island, calling it a U.S.-led attempt to impose a “hostile blockade” against the DPRK and a “declaration of war.”
In a statement released Thursday by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), vice foreign minister Kim Son Gyong criticized the multilateral Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) maritime exercise staged on Wednesday as a “catalyst” that escalates tensions and the risk of nuclear war.
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