Paju, South Korea: North Korea said on Friday that impending military exercises by the South and the United States are pushing the region towards war, days after it launched its heaviest bombardment since the 1950-53 Korean War. South Korean media said President Lee Myung-bak would appoint a career military man as new defence minister after the current minister resigned in the face of criticsm for being too slow to respond to Tuesday’s bombardment of an island close to a disputed sea border. The government said it was still deciding. “The situation on the Korean Peninsula is inching closer to the brink of war due to the reckless plan of those trigger-happy elements to stage…
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North Korea says US-South Korea exercises bring war closer