North Korea has warned the US not to take provocative action in the region. North Korean military official Choe Ryong-Hae said in Pyongyang that his country is ready to hit back with nuclear attacks of its own style against any nuclear attacks. <br/><br/>He was speaking at a ceremony before a military parade on the 105th anniversary of the birth of its founding president, Kim Il-sung. North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests and a series of missile launches recently. <br/><br/>Tensions are high after the US military recently ordered a navy strike group to move towards the Korean peninsula. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned that conflict could break out at any moment and urged all parties to refrain from provoking and threatening each other, whether in words or actions.