North Korea warns of all-out war
- North Korea continues to protest U.S. and South Korea's military drills
- The U.S. and South Korean drills will go on until Friday
- The drills are a response to the sinking of a South Korean ship, the U.S. has said
(CNN) -- North Korea warned Tuesday that the continuing military drills by the United States and South Korea could lead to "all-out war any time."
The firmly-worded message was published in North Korea's state-run KCNA news service.
"If the U.S. and the South Korean war-like forces fire even a shell into the inviolable land and territorial waters of the DPRK, they will have to pay dearly for this," the news service report said.
South Korea and the United States launched joint anti-submarine military exercises on Monday, drawing consternation from North Korea.
Seoul and Washington postponed the exercises earlier this month because of a tropical storm.
The drills, which are to run through Friday, are "designed to send a clear message of deterrence to North Korea," U.S. Forces Korea have said.
U.S. officials have said the exercises off the western coast of the Korean peninsula are in response to North Korea's sinking of a South Korean warship in March.
In May, a report from South Korea blamed the North for sinking the Cheonan warship with a torpedo, killing 46 sailors.
North Korea denies sinking the ship and says South Korea and the United States are using it as a pretext to conduct the war games.
The drills also come after the November 23 shelling of a South Korean island by North Korea. The attack on Yeonpyeong Island killed four South Koreans and injured 15 others.
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