The State Department spokesman John Kirby said Monday that takes seriously threats from North Korea a preemptive nuclear strike, but will continue with the planned military exercises with their South Korean allies and angered Pyongyang.
l State Department spokesman claimed that the recent behavior of North Korea from testing a nuclear device and a long-range rocket, have already led to new UN sanctions against the government of Kim Jong-Un.
"Kim Jong-Un has an alternative, which clearly seems to not want to take, which is to lower the tension on the peninsula, to focus its resources and energy on the people of North Korea and peace and security in the region, instead of trying to up the ante with this kind of comment, "he added.
South Korean and US forces began on Monday the most important joint maneuvers organized to date on the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang threatened to respond with nuclear strikes "blind".