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SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the military to be constantly ready for combat to thwart its rivals\u2019 plots to invade, state media said Tuesday, as the U.S., South Korea and Japan held a trilateral naval exercise to deal with North Korea\u2019s evolving nuclear threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. and South Korean militaries have been separately holding summer bilateral exercises<\/a> since last week. North Korea views such U.S.-involved training as an invasion rehearsal, though Washington and its partners maintain their drills are defensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim said in a speech marking the country\u2019s Navy Day on Monday that the waters off the Korean Peninsula have been made unstable \u201cwith the danger of a nuclear war\u201d because of U.S.-led hostilities, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He accused the U.S. of conducting \u201cmore frantic\u201d naval drills with its allies and deploying strategic assets in waters around the Korean Peninsula. Kim also cited a recent U.S.-South Korean-Japanese summit<\/a> where an agreement to boost defense cooperation was reached to counter North Korea\u2019s nuclear program. Kim called U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida \u201cthe gang bosses\u201d of the three countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe prevailing situation requires our navy to put all its efforts into rounding off the war readiness to maintain the constant combat alertness and get prepared to break the enemy\u2019s will for war in contingency,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Korea\u2019s Foreign Ministry expressed deep regret over Kim\u2019s use of \u201cvery rude language\u201d to slander the South Korean, U.S. and Japanese leaders. Spokesperson Lim Soosuk told reporters that North Korea must immediately stop acts that raise tensions with \u201creckless threats and provocation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Washington, D.C., Cho Hyundong, South Korea\u2019s ambassador to the United States, said South Korean, U.S. and Japanese efforts to improve relations would not be deterred by Kim\u2019s rhetoric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe continued provocation and continued violation of multiple critical U.N. security resolutions by North Korea will only strengthen the trilateral security cooperation,\u201d Cho said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He made the comments Tuesday in an appearance at the Center for Strategic and International Studies with Tomita Koji, Japan\u2019s ambassador to the U.S., and Kurt Campbell, a top adviser to Biden on Indo-Pacific affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday\u2019s South Korean-U.S.-Japanese drills in international waters off South Korea\u2019s southern Jeju island involved naval destroyers from the three countries. The training was aimed at mastering procedures for detecting, tracking and sharing information about incoming North Korean missiles, South Korea\u2019s navy said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. and South Korean militaries began the 11-day bilateral drills on Aug. 21. The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield training is normally a computer-simulated command post exercise, but it included field exercises this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Korea typically responds to U.S.-South Korean military drills with its own missile tests. Last Thursday, its second attempt to launch a spy satellite into space<\/a> failed. The day the drills began, KCNA said Kim observed the test-firing of strategic cruise missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the beginning of 2022, North Korea has carried out more than 100 weapons tests, many of them involving nuclear-capable missiles designed to strike the U.S., South Korea and Japan. Many experts say North Korea ultimately wants to use its boosted military capabilities to wrest greater concessions from the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Korea\u2019s testing spree has caused the U.S. and South Korea to expand their drills, resume trilateral training involving Japan and enhance \u201cregular visibility\u201d of U.S. strategic assets to the Korean Peninsula. In July, the United States deployed a nuclear-armed submarine<\/a> to South Korea for the first time in four decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, the leaders of the U.S., South Korea and Japan held their first-ever stand-alone trilateral summit at Camp David. During the meeting, they announced they intend to put into operation by year\u2019s end the sharing of real-time missile warning data on North Korea and hold annual trilateral exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim has been pushing hard to expand his nuclear arsenal and introduce a slew of sophisticated weapons systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his Navy Day speech, Kim said that military units of each service would be given new weaponry in line with the government\u2019s decision to expand the operation of tactical nuclear weapons. He said the navy would become \u201ca component of the state nuclear deterrence carrying out the strategic duty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This suggests North Korea would deploy new nuclear-capable missiles to its navy and other military services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State media photos showed Kim visiting the navy headquarters with his daughter, reportedly named Ju Ae and aged about 10.<\/a> It was her first public appearance since mid-May. Kim has brought her to a series of public events since November, sparking speculation about her political status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Korean officials say Kim hasn\u2019t anointed her as his heir. They believe Kim likely attempts to use his daughter\u2019s public appearance as a way to show his people that one of his children would one day inherit his power in what would be the country\u2019s third hereditary power transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press writer Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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