North Korea requests UN action against US

(RT) ⸻ North Korea has appealed to the United Nations to exert its influence on the US and South Korea to prevent them from holding joint military exercises on the Korean Peninsula. Kim Son Gyong, a top official in the DPRK's Foreign Ministry, described the exercises as a "military demonstration against the DPRK" and decried the UN's silence. The North Korean official suggested that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres may have double standards when it comes to military actions in the region. He warned that the US-South Korean war games, if unchecked, could lead to a "critical and uncontrollable phase." On Friday, US Forces Korea spokesman Colonel Isaac Taylor announced plans to hold two concurrent joint drills, named Freedom Shield and Warrior Shield. North Korea previously warned that such maneuvers could be construed as a "declaration of war" and lead to "unprecedentedly persistent and strong counteractions." The two Koreas have been at war for over seven decades, with the 1950-1953 conflict ending in an armistice.