SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has condemned US military provocations, vowing to counter the strategic threat posed by the United States and other enemies with strategic means, a state news agency reported on Saturday citing a defense official.

The US and its followers are getting evermore pronounced in their military provocations threatening the DPRK security environment since the Trump administration returned to office, the official Korean Central News Agency quoted the chief of Information Office at the DPRK Ministry of National Defence as saying on Friday.

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In a statement, the ministry lashed out at an array of recent military moves by the US and the Republic of Korea, including a joint live firing drill near the DPRK southern border, the US deployment of a nuclear submarine in the ROK city of Busan and its air reconnaissance operations targeting the DPRK of various tactical and strategic reconnaissance planes, as well as a plan to beef up the large-scale joint military exercises Freedom Shield between the two countries in March.