North Korea has said upcoming U.S. and South Korean military drills are a "serious challenge" to peace on the Korean peninsula, warning of "negative consequences" to exercises it framed as a major threat to its security.

North Korean troops have started removing propaganda loudspeakers used to blare unsettling noises along the border, South Korea's military said Saturday, days after Seoul's new administration dismantl

South Korea’s military said Saturday it detected North Korea removing some of its loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border, days after the South dismantled its own front-line speakers used for anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts,