North Korea’s state Korean Central News Agency condemned South Korea-U.S. annual military drills to start today, saying the drills are “an unpardonable infringement upon the sovereignty and dignity” of North Korea. The North Korean army and its people “are fully ready to fight a war” with the U.S. and South Korea, KCNA said in a commentary.

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