U.S. war games spur a response
From Times Wire Reports
North Korea threatened today to bolster its nuclear deterrent in response to U.S.-South Korean war games involving tens of thousands of troops.
It will “take necessary countermeasures including those to further bolster up all its deterrent forces,” the Foreign Ministry said. North Korea commonly uses the word “deterrent” to refer to its nuclear arms program.
The ministry said the military maneuvers demonstrated that Washington “is invariably sticking to its hostile policy to stifle [North Korea] by force.”
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