North Korea on Thursday called for South Korea to suspend its military drills with the United States, claiming the drills are the fundamental cause of growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
The North's call came after the two Koreas agreed Tuesday, at high-level talks on the reclusive country's participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics in the South, to hold military talks to reduce tensions.
"If the South Korean authorities really want detente and peace, they should first stop all the military acts they have waged with (the US) against their (northern) brethren," the Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the North's ruling Workers' Party, said in a commentary.
South Korean Marines and US counterparts wrestled topless in the freezing temperatures as part of a team building exercise. (AP)
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