North Korea says UN should demand end to South Korea-US drills

North Korea has called on the United Nations to demand an immediate halt to joint military drills by the United States and South Korea.

In a statement on state media on Sunday, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong said the drills and the rhetoric from the allies have pushed tensions to an “extremely dangerous level”.

He said the UN and the international community “will have to strongly urge the US and South Korea to immediately halt their provocative remarks and joint military exercises”.