North Korea says war is inevitable as allies continue war games

In comments attributed to an unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesman, North Korea also claimed high-ranked US officials, including CIA Director Mike Pompeo, have further confirmed American intent for war with a series of "bellicose remarks."

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un is seen during the inspection of a potato flour factory in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang December 6, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS

North Korea says a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula has become a matter of when, not if, as it continued to lash out at a massive joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea involving hundreds of advanced warplanes. In comments attributed to an unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesman, North Korea also claimed high-ranked US officials, including CIA Director Mike Pompeo, have further confirmed American intent for war with a series of “bellicose remarks.”