{"id":2007555,"date":"2023-08-21T21:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T01:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-warns-us-south-korean-military-drills-could-trigger-thermonuclear-war\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T21:56:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T01:56:02","slug":"north-korea-warns-us-south-korean-military-drills-could-trigger-thermonuclear-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-warns-us-south-korean-military-drills-could-trigger-thermonuclear-war\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea cautions US and South Korea: Military drills may spark &#8216;nuclear war&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-korea-warns-us-south-korean-military-drills-could-trigger-thermonuclear-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007555&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>North \u200dKorea Warns of &#8220;Thermonuclear War&#8221; Amidst\u200d U.S.-South Korea Military \u200cDrills<\/h2>\n<p>In a strong\u200b message to U.S. military officials, North Korean state media issued a warning on Monday, stating that the joint military drills conducted by\u2063 the U.S. and \u2064South Korea could potentially lead to a catastrophic &#8220;thermonuclear war&#8221; on the Korean Peninsula. The drills involved the test-firing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-says-it-check-fired-nuclear-capable-cruise-missiles\/\" title=\"North Korea Says It Check Fired Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missiles\">strategic cruise missiles<\/a>, \u2064which North Korea perceives as a simulation of war.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Ulchi Freedom \u200dShield exercise, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-warns-us-south-korean-military-drills-could-trigger-thermonuclear-war\/\" title=\"North Korea cautions US and South Korea: Military drills may spark 'nuclear war'.\">computer-simulated\u2062 command\u200d post \u2063exercise<\/a>, aims to ensure the\u200b readiness of the Alliance in defending the Republic of Korea and promoting security in Northeast Asia. However, North Korea has\u2063 consistently viewed these drills as a provocation and a potential\u200b trigger for war.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;A thermo-nuclear war, the first ever in history, is more than \u2062likely on the Korean peninsula,&#8221; warned the \u200dKCNA news\u200b agency.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This warning comes in the wake of\u2062 a recent \u2064meeting between the leaders of the U.S., South Korea, and Japan at Camp David in\u2062 Maryland. The leaders convened to establish their first stand-alone trilateral agreements, known as the &#8220;Camp David Principles,&#8221; as a response to the\u200c increasing threats posed by China and North Korea in the Pacific region.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The purpose of our \u2064trilateral security cooperation \u200bis\u2063 and will remain to promote and enhance peace and stability throughout the \u200cregion,&#8221; stated U.S. President Joe Biden, \u200cSouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and \u2063Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida \u2063in a joint statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As part \u200cof their agreements, the\u2064 allied nations have agreed to bolster their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ballistic-missile-defense-a-defense-primer\/\" title=\"Ballistic Missile Defense: A Defense Primer\">ballistic missile defenses<\/a> to counter North Korea&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-media-slams-pentagon-report-on-growing-nuclear-arsenal-as-speculative\/\" title=\"Chinese Media Slams Pentagon Report on Growing Nuclear Arsenal as \u2018Speculative\u2019\">nuclear missile capabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>North Korean state media characterized\u200d the summit between the allied nations as a &#8220;nuclear war provocation,&#8221; suggesting that implementing the agreements made at Camp David during the military drills could escalate the possibility of a thermonuclear war on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u2064 NBC, North\u2062 Korea has conducted over 100 \u2063weapons tests, including \u2063nuclear-capable missiles targeting the U.S., South Korea, and Japan, since the beginning of last year.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The armed forces of North Korea will wait for a chance to punish the hostile forces \u2062threatening our\u2064 state&#8217;s \u200bsovereignty and our people&#8217;s right to live,&#8221; stated the state-run commentary.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reuters reported that the Japanese Coast Guard \u2064revealed North Korea&#8217;s plan to launch a satellite between August 24 and August \u206331, directed towards the Yellow Sea and the \u2062East China Sea.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean lawmakers have expressed concerns that\u200c North Korea may respond to the joint military drills and the recent summit with the\u200d U.S. and Japan by test-firing \u2062an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-kathleen-hicks-as-deputy-defense-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks as Deputy Defense Secretary\">intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a>, showcasing their military strength.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean state media cautioned U.S. Military officials of a potential &#8220;thermonuclear war&#8221; due to joint military drills with South Korea. The exercise involved test-firing strategic cruise missiles on the Korean Peninsula. The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield computer-simulated command post exercise commenced, aimed at enhancing military coordination, as stated by Navy officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":2007556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}