SOUTH KOREA CONSIDERS NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT FOR FIRST TIME IN FACE OF GROWING NORTH KOREA SECURITY THREAT
B-52 bomber, C-17 and South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula during a joint air drill in South Korea, Dec. 20, 2022. South Korean Defense Ministry via AP "In case the U.S. And South Korea carry into practice their already announced plan for military drills that [North Korea] – with just apprehension and reason – regards as preparations for an aggression war, they will face unprecedentedly persistent and strong counteractions ," the ministry wrote. North Korea has long accused the U.S. And South Korea of using joint military drills as a pretext for rehearsing an invasion of the isolated communist country.