Kim Jong Un's Call to Arms Amid U.S.-South Korea Exercises

Kim Jong Un Calls for War Preparations Amid U.S.-South Korea Joint Military Exercise

Kim oversees drills, sets tasks for intensifying actual-war drills

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Annual Freedom Shield exercise focuses on countering North Korean threats

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Includes 48 joint field drills, live-fire exercises over the Yellow Sea

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Condemns joint exercises as rehearsals for invasion, warns of consequences

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Raises concerns over heightened tensions and provocative responses

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Remain high as Kim labels Seoul the "principal enemy" and rejects reunification

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North Korea's Missile Tests continues amid military modernization efforts

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U.S. and South Korea deploy assets to the Korean Peninsula

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Tensions persist as military exercises and responses escalate

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