SEOUL: North Korea on Tuesday bitterly criticized the South for staging a live-fire drill near their disputed sea border, hinting it may respond to Seoul’s “confrontation” just days before the rivals were due to hold talks designed to improved relations.
A spokesman for the North’s powerful National Defense Commission (NDC) described the exercise conducted Monday as the “most vicious military provocation aimed at confrontation” and “reckless saber-rattling,” according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.
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