North Korea used the anniversary Wednesday of the armistice that halted fighting on the peninsula 69 years ago to warn of the possibility of a ¡°second Korean War,¡± blaming the U.S. and South Korea for inflaming hostilities.
¡°The joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea, which are being carried out with a thick gunpowder smell, are exacerbating the situation on the Korean Peninsula,¡± North Korea¡¯s foreign ministry said in a statement, calling the two a ¡°horde of belligerents wanting the wretchedness of war.¡±
The U.S. and South Korea held joint military exercises this month that involved AH-64E Apache helicopters and F-35A stealth fighter jets. The North Korean statement so far has only been offered on the ministry¡¯s website and not through its official media outlets, indicating that it might be for a domestic audience.
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.