North Korea says U.S. threats make war unavoidable on Korean peninsula: KCNA

Large joint drills by the U.S. and South Korean militaries and U.S. threats of a preemptive war against Pyongyang have made outbreak of war on the Korean peninsula 'an established fact', a spokesman for the North's foreign ministry said.

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Published:7th Dec, 2017 at 9:04 AM

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"The remaining question now is: when will the war break out?" the spokesman said late on Wednesday in a statement carried by its official KCNA news agency.

"We do not wish for a war but shall not hide from it, and should the U.S. miscalculate our patience and light the fuse for a nuclear war, we will surely make the U.S. dearly pay the consequences with our mighty nuclear force which we have consistently strengthened."

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North Korea says U.S. threats make war unavoidable on Korean peninsula: KCNA

Large joint drills by the U.S. and South Korean militaries and U.S. threats of a preemptive war against Pyongyang have made outbreak of war on the Korean peninsula 'an established fact', a spokesman for the North's foreign ministry said.

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