Kim would "watch a little more the foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees," a North Korean statement said last week.
But US military and Trump administration officials said the 10-day military exercises set to begin Monday, would go ahead as scheduled.
The annual drills antagonize Pyongyang, which sees them
as practice for an invasion. However, the US and South Korea maintain they are purely defensive.
"The Trump group's declaration of the reckless nuclear war exercises against the DPRK ... is a reckless behavior driving the situation into the uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war," Rodong Sinmun said, using the acronym for Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the nation's official name.
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