PYONG YANG, Oct 13 (Reuters): North Korea denounced on Friday a US aircraft carrier's visit to South Korea, calling it a provocation that could bring "irrevocable, catastrophic circumstances".
The nuclear-powered Ronald Reagan and its strike group arrived in the South Korean port of Busan on Thursday for a five-day visit, after allied exercises in nearby waters, in a show of force against North Korea.
The aircraft carrier's visit showed that a US scheme for a nuclear attack on North Korea had reached "the most serious phase", North Korea's official KCNA news agency said, adding this meant "the outbreak of a nuclear war comes to the fore".
"It is an undisguised military provocation driving the situation to irrevocable catastrophic circumstances," KCNA said in a commentary.
US and South Korean forces have been staging intensified military exercises this year, involving US aircraft carriers, submarines and advanced bombers, in order, they say, to better respond to evolving North Korean nuclear and missile threats.
North Korea denounces US carrier's arrival in South
FE Team | Published: October 13, 2023 22:34:07
North Korea denounces US carrier's arrival in South
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