North Korea's state media warned Sunday any US military reinforcements in the event of a war will be "wiped out," as it took issue with Washington's additional deployment of stealth fighter jets to Japan earlier this month.

Last week's accidental shelling of a South Korean village occurred less than 20 miles from the border of the nuclear-armed North.

The US and South Korea paused their live-fire drills after the incident but the Freedom Edge 25 drills will continue through March 20 as per schedule

North Korea has issued a sharp rebuke over the major military exercise being carried out by the U.S. and its South Korean ally, labeling the training a "war rehearsal." Newsweek reached out to the Pentagon and the South Korean embassy in the U.