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KCNA released a commentary by Choe Ju Hyon, whom it called an international security analyst, criticisingthe exercises as "a trigger for driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the point of explosion."
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for scaling up the production of weapons-grade nuclear material to grow the country's arsenal, saying it should be ready to use the weapons at any time, state media KCNA said on Tuesday.
The message from Xi came days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in one of its most powerful tests yet, declaring it would meet perceived US nuclear threats with nukes of its own.
The warning came after a spate of North Korean weapons tests last week -- including an intercontinental ballistic missile -- as the United States and South Korea conducted their biggest-ever air force exercise.
An open conflict between North and South Korea has become more likely after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un fired at least six missiles into the sea on Thursday, including intercontinental ballistic missiles that triggered emergency evacuation warnings and halted trains in northern Japan.
