Voice of America News reports: “North Korea on Thursday ruled out the idea of dialogue with the United States, accusing Washington of a ‘full-scale offensive’ that is turning the Korean Peninsula into a ‘war zone.’

In a statement posted to state media, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry complained of the ‘reckless military confrontational maneuvers and hostile acts of the U.S. and its vassal forces.’

‘The more dangerous the U.S. threat to the DPRK gets, the stronger backfire the U.S. will face in direct proportion to it,’ the statement warned, using an abbreviation for North Korea’s official name.

The statement came a day after the U.S. and South Korea held joint air drills involving U.S. B-1B long-range strategic bombers and stealth fighters in the Yellow Sea off Korea’s west coast…”