US-South Korea drills will affect nuclear talks: N Korea

North Korea on Tuesday said looming US-South Korea military drills could impact the proposed resumption of nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington, and hinted that it could reconsider its moratorium on nuclear testing.

It was the first statement from Pyongyang on the talks since US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed



to their resumption at an impromptu meeting in the Demilitarized Zone in June, after months of deadlock between the two sides.

The joint drills have been held for years but were scaled down to facilitate dialogue with North Korea after Trump's historic first summit with Kim in Singapore last year.