<span style="color: #222222;">North Korea today said US-South Korean war games are a flagrant violation of efforts to reach peace on the Korean peninsula and reflect a lack of political will to improve relations.<br />''<br />''The comments by an unnamed North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman, carried by state news agency KCNA, came as Pyongyang fired two &quot;unidentified projectiles&quot; off its east coast, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<br />''<br />''According to KCNA, Foreign Ministry spokesman said that despite North Korea's repeated warnings, the United States and South Korean authorities have finally started the joint military exercise targeting Pyongyang.<br />''<br />''The spokesman said this is an undisguised denial and a flagrant violation of June 12 DPRK-US Joint Statement, Panmunjom Declaration and September Pyongyang Joint Declaration, all of which are agreements to establish new DPRK-US relations and build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean peninsula.<br />''<br />''Pyongyang warned last week that further nuclear talks could be derailed if Seoul and Washington push ahead with the manoeuvres, which began on Monday.</span><br />
News On AIR | August 6, 2019 8:28 AM
US, S Korea lack 'political will' on peace talks: KCNA