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N. Korea blasts 'dangerous' US-South joint military drill

North Korea Leader Kim Jon Un [PHOTO: COURTESY]

North Korea Sunday blasted the United States and South Korea as "warmongers" on the eve of their largest-ever joint air exercise, saying it could trigger a nuclear war.

The comments came as White House National Security Advisor H.R McMaster warned of the "increasing" possibility of war with the impoverished but nuclear-armed North.

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