North Korea urges U.S. to end "hostile policy"
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea renewed its long-standing demand Wednesday that Washington abandon its "hostile policy" toward Pyongyang as the U.S. and South Korea held a fourth day of joint military drills.
The exercises, led by the USS George Washington supercarrier and involving hundreds of South Korean and U.S. ships and aircraft, were staged as a response to the sinking of a South Korean warship in March.
Forty-six sailors died in the sinking of the Cheonan off the Koreas" west coast. A five-nation team of investigators traced it back to a North Korean torpedo, and South Korea called it the worst attack on its military since the 1950-53 Korean War.
This week"s drills were intended to warn Pyongyang that Seoul and Washington will not tolerate further acts of aggression, military officials said.
Pyongyang, which denies attacking the Cheonan, sees the naval maneuvers as proof that Washington is preparing to invade North Korea — which the U.S. denies.
Calling the drills "reckless," North Korea"s main newspaper warned Wednesday the exercises threatened to trigger war and reiterated its call for a peace treaty.
"The U.S. should stop at once its criminal hostile policy that escalates the military confrontation and tension on the peninsula," the Rodong Sinmun said in commentary carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
The Korean peninsula technically remains in a state of war because the Koreas" three-year conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
Despite the North Korean threats of retaliation, there was no sign of unusual North Korean military activity, according to South Korea"s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The final day of joint exercises in international waters off South Korea"s east coast included dropping bombs on targets and conducting computer-simulated anti-submarine drills, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
The allies also plan to hold another annual military drill next month.
Meanwhile, South Korea"s presidential office said officials were on alert for a possible North Korean cyberattack.
The National Cyber Security Center has obtained intelligence that North Korean hackers may stage a cyberattack, presidential spokeswoman Kim Hee-jung told reporters.
A year ago, cyberattacks paralyzed government websites in South Korea and the U.S.
The exercises, led by the USS George Washington supercarrier and involving hundreds of South Korean and U.S. ships and aircraft, were staged as a response to the sinking of a South Korean warship in March.
Forty-six sailors died in the sinking of the Cheonan off the Koreas" west coast. A five-nation team of investigators traced it back to a North Korean torpedo, and South Korea called it the worst attack on its military since the 1950-53 Korean War.
This week"s drills were intended to warn Pyongyang that Seoul and Washington will not tolerate further acts of aggression, military officials said.
Pyongyang, which denies attacking the Cheonan, sees the naval maneuvers as proof that Washington is preparing to invade North Korea — which the U.S. denies.
Calling the drills "reckless," North Korea"s main newspaper warned Wednesday the exercises threatened to trigger war and reiterated its call for a peace treaty.
"The U.S. should stop at once its criminal hostile policy that escalates the military confrontation and tension on the peninsula," the Rodong Sinmun said in commentary carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
The Korean peninsula technically remains in a state of war because the Koreas" three-year conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
Despite the North Korean threats of retaliation, there was no sign of unusual North Korean military activity, according to South Korea"s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The final day of joint exercises in international waters off South Korea"s east coast included dropping bombs on targets and conducting computer-simulated anti-submarine drills, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
The allies also plan to hold another annual military drill next month.
Meanwhile, South Korea"s presidential office said officials were on alert for a possible North Korean cyberattack.
The National Cyber Security Center has obtained intelligence that North Korean hackers may stage a cyberattack, presidential spokeswoman Kim Hee-jung told reporters.
A year ago, cyberattacks paralyzed government websites in South Korea and the U.S.
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