'US must halt drills if serious about peace'
A spokesman for North Korea's powerful National Defence Commission said yesterday the United States must halt joint military drills under way in South Korea if it is serious about peace on the Korean peninsula.
The rapid deployment force of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member countries on Monday begins anti-terrorism drills in Tajikistan as part of the Centre-2011 strategic exercises, Dmitry Matushkin, an aide to the force's commander, said.