<p>Seoul: The North Korea Foreign Ministry said U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises are "a dangerous provocative act," state media <em>KCNA</em> reported on Monday.</p><p>Annual South Korean and US military exercises called Freedom Shield are due to begin on Monday and run until March 20.</p><p>They aim to strengthen the readiness of the alliance for threats such as North Korea, the South Korean military said earlier.</p><p>North Korea has traditionally called for these joint exercises to be called off, branding them as a prelude to invasion.</p>.Trump will not ease up on fentanyl-related tariffs, US commerce secretary says.<p>"This is a dangerous provocative act of leading the acute situation on the Korean peninsula, which may spark off a physical conflict between the two sides by means of an accidental single shot, to the extreme point," the Foreign Ministry said, according to KCNA.</p><p>The drills will harm US security, the ministry added. </p>
<p>Seoul: The North Korea Foreign Ministry said U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises are "a dangerous provocative act," state media <em>KCNA</em> reported on Monday.</p><p>Annual South Korean and US military exercises called Freedom Shield are due to begin on Monday and run until March 20.</p><p>They aim to strengthen the readiness of the alliance for threats such as North Korea, the South Korean military said earlier.</p><p>North Korea has traditionally called for these joint exercises to be called off, branding them as a prelude to invasion.</p>.Trump will not ease up on fentanyl-related tariffs, US commerce secretary says.<p>"This is a dangerous provocative act of leading the acute situation on the Korean peninsula, which may spark off a physical conflict between the two sides by means of an accidental single shot, to the extreme point," the Foreign Ministry said, according to KCNA.</p><p>The drills will harm US security, the ministry added. </p>