The drills, which will kick off next week, are a "direct military provocation" against North Korea, Pyongyang said.

SEOUL: North Korea will react with "resolute counteraction" in the event of provocations from upcoming joint military drills between South Korea and the United States, its defence chief said on Monday (Aug 11) in a state media dispatch.

North Korea will react with “resolute counteraction” in the event of provocations from upcoming joint military drills between South Korea and the US, its defence chief said.

North Korean troops have started removing propaganda loudspeakers used to blare unsettling noises along the border, South Korea's military said Saturday, days after Seoul's new administration dismantled ones on its side of the frontier.

North Korea has begun dismantling some of its loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border, South Korea ’s military confirmed on Saturday, following Seoul ’s own removal of propaganda speakers in a concerted effort to de-escalate tensions.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military said Saturday it detected North Korea removing some of its loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border, days after the South dismantled its own front-line speakers used for anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts, in a bid to ease tensions.

North Korea's defense chief on Monday condemned an upcoming large-scale joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea and warned of "negative consequences."

South Korea’s military said Saturday it detected North Korea removing some of its loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border, days after the South dismantled its own front-line speakers used for anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts,

North Korea threatened to exercise its “sovereign right” in response to the Ulchi Freedom Shield, the annual South Korea–U.S. military exercise, despite schedule adjustments made at Seoul’s request.