Conflicts: North Korea’s media speak of the danger of nuclear war

North Korea’s state media have heavily criticized the US military exercises with its Asian allies, speaking of an impending nuclear war.

In a commentary, it was said that despite warnings from Pyongyang, the United States had held “war exercises for aggression” in the region several times since the beginning of the year. The drills would “bring the security situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war,” said the article, which the KCNA news agency attributed to “international security analyst” Choe Ju Hyon.

The conflict with North Korea, which is subject to international sanctions because of its nuclear weapons program, is currently intensifying. The country has increased the number of its tests with nuclear-capable missiles and cruise missiles since last year. The United States and South Korea, for their part, resumed full-scale joint military exercises. Both countries have denied North Korea’s accusation that their maneuvers were in preparation for an attack. North Korea, ruled by leader Kim Jong Un, has repeatedly threatened the United States and South Korea with a nuclear strike because of their maneuvers in the past.

The North Korean commentator also criticized Japan’s involvement in the exercises. Most recently, the US naval forces undertook joint anti-submarine training with South Korea and Japan. The aircraft carrier “USS Nimitz” also took part in this. The “wild military exercises by the US and its vassal forces have turned the Korean peninsula into a large powder magazine that could explode at any moment,” it said.