North Korea on Tuesday denied that US claims that it had arms dealings with Russia and said that it had no plans to do so. In a statement broadcast by the country's state agency KCNA, the nation said: "We once again make clear that we have never had 'arms dealings' with Russia and that we have no plan to do so in the future.

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The North Korean military has described the recent US-South Korean military exercises as an "open provocation and dangerous war drill" and has threatened to respond to them with "sustained, resolute, and overwhelming" military actions.

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