North Korea’s supreme decision-making body lashed out Wednesday at planned U.S.-South Korean military drills and warned that the
United States will face a “bigger threat and harsh suffering” if it ignores North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s end-of-year deadline to salvage nuclear talks.
In a statement carried by state media, an unidentified spokesperson for the North’s State Affairs Commission said the drills would violate agreements between Kim and President
Donald Trump on improving bilateral relations and compel
North Korea to raise its war readiness.
The statement is North Korea’s latest expression of displeasure over the military drills and slow pace of nuclear negotiations with Washington.