North Korea accuses US of aggravating tensions
09 March 2023 |
5:05 am
North Korea criticized the joint US-South Korean drills, for which the United States deployed a B-52. The long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber is capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
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