The hermit state reacted furiously after two US supersonic bombers performed live-fire drills in South Korea in a show of military strength. <\/p>\n
State-run newspaper Rodong newspaper described the region as the \"world's biggest tinderbox\" and warned: \"Don't play with fire on a powder keg.\" <\/p>\n
Yesterday's drill was designed to \"sternly respond\" to recent missile launches by North Korea. <\/p>\n
But the propaganda rag branded it a \"dangerous military gambit of warmongers who are trying to ignite the fuse of a nuclear war on the peninsula\". <\/p>\n
It added: \"The US, with its dangerous military provocation, is pushing the risk of a nuclear war on the peninsula to a tipping point. <\/p>\n
\"A small misjudgment or error can immediately lead to the beginning of a nuclear war, which will inevitably lead to another world war.\" <\/p>\n
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Army personnel and people gather at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang o celebrate the successful test-launch of intercontinental ballistic rocket Hwasong-14 <\/p>\n
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Donald Trump's administration and the North's regime under leader Kim Jong-un have exchanged hostile rhetoric for months. <\/p>\n
Tension further escalated after North Korea's test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last week. <\/p>\n
The North has staged five nuclear tests and has made a significant progress in its missile capability under Kim, who took power in 2011. <\/p>\n
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Mr Trump yesterday told Chinese President Xi Jinping that the United States will stop North Korea \"one way or the other\". <\/p>\n
He said: \"I appreciate the things that you have done relative to the very substantial problem that we all face in North Korea, a problem that something has to be done about. <\/p>\n
\"It may take longer than I'd like, it may take longer than you'd like. But there will be success in the end one way or the other.\" <\/p>\n
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