North Korea Decries US Drills on Doorstep As Kim's Troops Join Ukraine War

If there is such a thing that the world media is talking about, I think it will be an act conforming with the regulations of international law,

the KCNA quoted him as saying

The U.S. will be held wholly responsible for pushing the situation on the Korean peninsula to an uncontrollable one,

North Korea's foreign ministry said in an English-language statement carried Saturday by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

At the same time, it is further escalating the military tension while dispatching the super-large nuclear carrier George Washington task force around the Korean peninsula,

the ministry added

This unlawful military cooperation between Russia and North Korea fundamentally undermines the rules-based international order and poses a threat to peace on the Korean Peninsula and globally,

Yoon said

We will take phased measures depending on the developments in Russia-North Korea military cooperation,

he said

Ambassadors from NATO's Indo-Pacific partners – including Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea – have been invited to attend,

the military alliance added