North Korea has warned that the military exercises being conducted jointly by South Korea and the United States are for an attack on their country and that they will respond appropriately.

Pyongyang: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea has released a statement to this effect. South Korea and America recently started the military drill which will be held for 11 days. As part of this drill, both countries will perform double manoeuvres than last year.'These are completely irresponsible military manoeuvres, South Korea and America are trying together under the guise of a military drill to invade the sovereign country of North Korea,' said the North Korean foreign minister. It is known that tensions between North Korea and South Korea have increased in recent times.