North Korea did not answer routine phone communications with its southern neighbor on Friday following intense military pressure from the U.S. military and its allies.
In this photo provided by the South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean navy destroyer Yulgok Yi I, front row right, U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, center, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Umigiri, front row left, sail in formation during a joint naval exercise in international waters off South Korea's southern island of Jeju. North Korea has been speaking out against the drills.
"The U.S. kicked off different largest-ever joint military drills against the DPRK simultaneously despite the latter's repeated grave warnings, pushing the security situation of the Korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war," read an article published by the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Thursday.
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