UNITED NATIONS: Pyongyang has asked the UN Security Council to hold an urgent meeting to discuss joint US-South Korean military exercises, the North Korean mission to the United Nations said Thursday.

North Korean Ambassador Ja Song Nam made the request in a letter to the council sent Wednesday, a day before Pyongyang and Seoul exchanged fire on their border.

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