North Korea cranks up rhetoric against US

North Korea cranks up rhetoric against US

North Korea's state media on Thursday escalated fiery rhetoric against the United States, as Pyongyang has shown little sign of engaging in diplomacy with Washington or Seoul, at least for now. The North's Rodong Sinmun newspaper issued the criticism, describing decades of ongoing South Korea-U.S. military exercises as a sign that Washington's invasion ambitions against North Korea will never change. "Even now, the U.S. is continuing its previou…