N Korea warns against provocation

The warning comes as the South and the US are going ahead with a five-day joint anti-submarine maneuver near the maritime border.

The drill, which will last until Friday, includes the US nuclear-powered attack submarine, the USS Bremerton, and a number of warships.

Pyongyang said in a Tuesday statement that it has ordered its military forces to respond to any violation of its maritime border.

It also said that any subsequent counterstrike from the US or South Korea would trigger a military reaction.

“In case the enemies recklessly counter our counterstrikes, all striking forces will turn the (South’s) five islands … into a sea of flames,” the statement said.


The warning comes amid reports that the North has moved two missiles it earlier deployed on its eastern coast.

US officials have described the move as a positive development.

The Korean Peninsula has been locked in a cycle of escalating military rhetoric following the participation of nuclear-capable US B-52 and B-2 stealth bombers in the recent controversial two-month-long joint military maneuvers with South Korea.

The move by the US prompted North Korea to step up its war rhetoric, authorizing its army to launch ‘preemptive nuclear strikes’ on the United States.

Pyongyang has also said its military should be prepared to attack “all US military bases in the Asia-Pacific region, including the US mainland, Hawaii, and Guam [Island].”

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