He has expressed that he wants 'to tear to pieces the Stars and Stripes'. He has added that America does not have a 'monopoly' on nuclear weapons and that ‘the U.S. is seriously mistaken if it thinks its mainland is safe.' Kim hitting out at the US is probably the U.S. has moved a step closer to imposing fresh sanctions on North Korea's banks. Once that takes effect, it would block North Korea’s access to hard cash.
The joint US-South Korea exercise is codenamed Operation Foal Eagle and it would involve nearly 200,000 South Korean troops along with some 3,700 U.S. personnel and will be spread out over land, sea and air.
There are reports that North Korea has also recently stepped up its own ground, air and naval drills, as tensions continue to rise in the Korean peninsula.
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