North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, lashed out at the start of the annual South Korea–United States military drills on Monday, describing them as “the most obvious manifestation of their will to ignite a war.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country needed to rapidly expand its nuclear armament and called US-South Korea military exercises an

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemned South Korean-U.S. military drills and vowed a rapid expansion of his nuclear forces to counter rivals, state media said Tuesday, as he inspected his most advanced warship being fitted with nuclear-capable systems.