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Tensions deepen with North Korea as the US and it’s ‘stooges’ conduct naval drills
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, left, sails with South Korean Navy's Aegis destroyer King Sejong the Great and Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force Aegis destroyer Kongou in the international waters of the southern coast of Korean peninsular during a recent joint drill in 2024 [South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff via AP]

THE United States, South Korea and Japan conducted combined naval exercises today in their latest provocation against North Korea, raising regional tensions even further.

This came as the three countries’ senior diplomats were to meet in Seoul to discuss the growing confrontation with Pyongyang.

Described by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as an exercise being carried out by the US and its “top-class stooges,” the war games in waters off South Korea's Jeju island came as North Korea pressed on with its programme of weapons testing.

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