South Korea Begins Navy Drills With the U.S.
North Korea calls the exercises "war-mongering"
South Korea and the US have begun three days of naval exercises in what is being seen as a show of force aimed at North Korea.
The scheduled drills, involving a US nuclear submarine, come after North Korea said it was planning to carry out its third test of a nuclear device.
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