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DPRK warns of US provocations on Korean Peninsula

Pyongyang, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) warned today that it will strengthen its self-defense system to face the continued U.S. military provocations in the Korean Peninsula and the Asia-Pacific region.

A Foreign Ministry statement denounced that U.S. reconnaissance planes violated the DPRK’s airspace on the 6th and 9th of January, for spying purposes.

It added that on January, 10th a meeting of the fourth US-South Korea nuclear consultative group was held in Washington to coordinate new nuclear war exercises and the deployment of more military assets on the Korean Peninsula.

On the 15th, on the other hand, a joint US-South Korea-Japan air training took place with the participation of at least one B-1B strategic bomber, and on the same date, US and South Korean air forces carried out space combat firing exercises.

The statement warned that the risks of an armed conflict in the area are growing due to the political and military maneuvers of Washington and its allies since the beginning of this year.

Expressing its concern, the Foreign Ministry warned that the DPRK “will intensively exercise its right to self-defense to safeguard the sovereign rights, security and the state’s interests.

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