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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for perfecting the military's readiness posture, saying the Korean Peninsula is "inching closer to the brink of armed conflict"

Provocative military actions by the United States were bringing the Korean peninsula closer to a nuclear conflict, a spokesperson said.

South Korea and the US will discuss major bilateral issues such as cooperation for the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.

South Korea and the United States began week-long joint Navy drills in the waters around the Korean peninsula on Monday, amid high tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile programme.

The decision was taken in view of the escalation of tensions in the Korean Peninsula and related developments arising from missile tests, it said in a statement.

The drills, involving four U.S. stealth F-35B jets as well as South Korean and Japanese fighter jets, came at the end of annual US-South Korea military exercises.

China has repeatedly warned both Washington and Pyongyang not to do anything that raises tensions or causes instability on the Korean Peninsula.

The B-1B flight, conducted on Saturday, was in direct response to the missile test and the previous July 3 launch of the "Hwansong-14" rocket, the U.S. statement said.

The launch and its previous missile launches "have raised tensions in the region and further jeopardised the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula."

China on Wednesday urged all sides to remain calm and exercise restraint after U.S. B-1B bombers were deployed over the Korean peninsula during a joint exercise with South Korea's air force.

North Korea accused the United States of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war.

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said China could play a bigger role in mitigating the escalating tension in the Korean Peninsula, which is a major concern in the region at present.

ASEAN is extremely worried about the escalating tension in the Korean Peninsula, including North Korea, the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said.

Donald Trump ordered the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group to sail to waters off the Korean peninsula in response to rising tension over the North's nuclear and missile tests.

Tensions have risen sharply in recent months after Pyongyang conducted two nuclear weapons tests last year and carried out a steady stream of ballistic missile tests.

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