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North Korea state media says US Forces' Japan expansion raises risk of Korean peninsula clash

  • North Korea warns the expansion of U.S. Forces Japan turns a conflict on the Korean Peninsula from a possibility into a matter of timing.
  • Pyongyang calls the boosted U.S.–Japan–South Korea military cooperation a "war command" and says it would be among the first reinforcements to the peninsula.
  • KCNA brands U.S. moves as "military adventurism" that justify North Korea's nuclear deterrent — its fourth anti‑U.S. editorial this month.
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