North Korea Canceled High Level Talks with South Korea

North Korea canceled high-level talks with South Korea, scheduled over Seoul's joint military exercises with the US.  Some 100 warplanes of the US and South Korea began the Max Thunder drills. The North's official KCNA news agency the exercises were a provocation and a rehearsal for an invasion.  The talks with South Korea, which were agreed earlier this week, were to take place at Panmunjom, a military compound in the demilitarised zone between the two countries. Pyongyang also threatened to cancel the much-anticipated summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump scheduled on the 12th of next month.

Note:
- The capital of North Korea: Pyongyang
- The supreme leader of North Korea: Kim Jong-un
- The capital of South Korea: Seoul
- President of South Korea: Moon Jae-in
- Prime minister of South Korea: Lee Nak-Yeon