<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">North Korea has asked the US and South Korea to stop their joint military exercises. Washington and Seoul on Monday began one of their largest combined military air drills, which will end on Friday. North Korea's foreign ministry in a statement said that if the US does not want any serious developments not suited to its security interests, it should stop the war exercises immediately.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">North Korea has also launched a series of missiles in recent weeks in response to the exercises. The current military drills, called Vigilant Storm, involve hundreds of airplanes conducting mock attacks 24 hours a day.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>