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North Korea Warns Britain To Stay Out Of Fight With South
North Korea has warned Britain to stay out of its fight with South Korea, adding that the country is "close to the brink of war" with its southern neighbour.
It comes after the UK announced it would take part in joint military drills with the US and South Korea (pictured above in an exercise this year) in November, in case there is ever a need for a real military response in the region.
The regime's foreign affairs representative for northern Europe, Pak Yun Sik, said: "The situation on the Korean peninsula is close to the brink of war because of endless military exercises by American and South Korean forces targeting us.
"Now, Britain has decided to send its Typhoon fighter jets to take part in joint US-South Korean military drills, in the south of Korea, from 4 to 10 November. This is a hostile act, openly joining the US and South Korean forces in moves for a new war against us."
"Britain claims that this military exercise is not targeting us, but the US and South Korea openly say that these military exercises are aimed at launching a strike against our military facilities and our command structure." He went on to say:
"Britain should draw a serious lesson from its past when it took part in the Korean War, and suffered losses, and then when it took part in wars led by the US in Iraq and other countries, which resulted in a refugee crisis in Europe, and terrorism. Britain should immediately withdraw its decision to take part in these aggressive military drills."
It comes after South Korea and the US said the latest missile launch by North Korea ended in failure after the projectile reportedly exploded soon after lift-off.
North Korea has claimed technical breakthroughs in its goal of developing a long-range nuclear missile capable of reaching the continental United States, but South Korean defence officials insist the North does not yet have such a weapon.
The North's deputy ambassador to the UK defected to the South in August, meanwhile, and was under protection from Seoul.
North and South Korea are still technically at war despite fighting ending in 1953, after an armistice but no peace treaty.
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