SEOUL: North Korea has bitterly criticised the South for staging a live-fire drill near their disputed sea border, hinting that it may respond to Seoul’s “confrontation” just days before the rivals were due to hold talks designed to improve ties.
A spokesperson for the North’s powerful National Defence Commission (NDC) described the exercise on Monday as the “most vicious military provocation aimed at confrontation” and “reckless sabre-rattling”, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported yesterday.
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