N. Korea ready to act over US-S. Korea drills

Don’t interfere: A South Korean protester wearing a mask of US President Donald Trump attending a rally to oppose the planned joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea, near the US Embassy in Seoul. — AP

North Korea will react with “resolute counteraction” in the event of provocations from upcoming joint military drills between South Korea and the United States, its defence chief said in a state media dispatch.

The warning yesterday came as Seoul and Washington are set to carry out their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, aimed at containing the nuclear-armed North, from Aug 18 to 28.