North Korea warns South over military drills

South Korean and US troops began annual military drills today which North Korea warned could trigger a nuclear war on the divided peninsula.

South Korean and US troops began annual military drills today which North Korea warned could trigger a nuclear war on the divided peninsula.

Despite the North Korean threats to retaliate, South Korea and the United States went ahead with their first major combined military exercises since the North shelled a frontline South Korean island in November, killing four people.

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