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- North Korea threatened on Saturday to “counter the U.S.” if the United States holds joint military exercises with South Korea. - The United States is due to start joint exercises in early April. - On Feb. 23, the United States said it was imposing its largest package of sanctions to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs. North Korea threatened on Saturday to “counter the U.S.” if the United States holds joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the drills would harm reconciliation efforts on the peninsula. The United States is due to start joint exercises in early April, a South Korean presidential security adviser said this week according to Yonhap news agency — the latest in a series of drills that the north has regularly described as a threat. “If the U.S. finally holds joint military exercises while keeping sanctions on the DPRK, the DPRK will counter the U.S. by its own mode of counteraction and the U.S. will be made to own all responsibilities for the ensuing consequences,” North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said in its commentary. The DPRK is the acronym of the country’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. On Feb. 23, the United States said it was imposing its largest package of sanctions to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs. President Donald Trump warned of a “phase two” that could be”very, very unfortunate for the world” if the steps did not work. KCNA accused Washington of trying to”bring dark clouds of a war to hang over the Korean peninsula.” “The U.S. is swimming against the trend for the detente on the Korean peninsula,” KCNA said. South Korea plans to send a special envoy to North Korea in response to an invitation from leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told Trump in a phone call on Thursday. The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang last month gave a boost to recent engagement between the two Koreas after sharply rising tensions over the North’s missile program. Source: CNBC
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Južna Koreja i SAD počeli zajedničke vojne vježbe Vježbe južnokorejske i američke vojske održavaju se od 1975. a ove godine cilj im je poslati poruku Sjevernoj Koreji Južna Koreja i SAD započeli su u ponedjeljak najavljene zajedničke vojne vježbe unatoč prijetnjama Sjeverne Koreje. Oko 56.000 južnokorejskih i 30.000 američkih vojnika sudjeluje u vojnim vježbama koje se tradicionalno održavaju svake godine od 1975., izvijestila je južnokorejska agencija Yonhap News. Sjevernokorejski dužnosnici u nedjelju su zaprijetili oštrom reakcijom na vojne vježbe. Njihova središnja novinska agencija objavila je priopćenje zapovjednika glavnog stožera koji je izvijestio da će njihova vojska i narod oštro reagirati. Američka i južnokorejska vojska priopćila je da se vježbe, među ostalim, temelje na brojnim kompjutorskim simulacijama te da u njima sudjeluje vrlo mali broj vojnika. I Kina je imala primjedbe na vježbe što su ih početkom mjeseca vojske dviju zemalja provele na Žutome moru, zapadno od Korejskog poluotoka. Svrha pomorskih vježbi SAD-a i Južne Koreje je uputiti snažnu poruku Sjevernoj Koreji, kako su izvijestili američki dužnosnici, nakon torpediranja južnokorejskog ratnog broda u ožujku, za što Seul odgovornim smatra sjevernokorejsko vodstvo. (hina/metro-portal)