North Korea threatens ‘unfavourable consequences’ over US-led drills
The joint drills with South Korea and Japan were denounced by Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister as ‘reckless muscle-flexing’
Both denounced the ongoing drills and signalled that Pyongyang was prepared to answer with its own show of force.
“Reckless muscle-flexing by the US, Japan and South Korea in the wrong location, in the surrounding areas next to the DPRK, will definitely bring unfavourable consequences,” Kim Yo-jong said on Sunday, using the abbreviation form of the country’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Meanwhile, Pak Jong-chon, the North’s top-ranking military figure, accused the allies of staging a “nuclear war rehearsal” and warned that “serious counteractions” would follow. Neither official elaborated on what form North Korea’s response might take.