Kamala Harris to visit Korean demilitarised zone as naval drills stoke tensions

DMZ trip comes days after North Korea warned that the South and the US risked triggering conflict' with joint naval drills

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The US vice-president, Kamala Harris, is to visit the heavily armed border separating North and South Korea on Thursday, amid rising tensions on the peninsula.

Harris will arrive at the demilitarised zone (DMZ) on the southern side of the border, days after the regime in Pyongyang warned that South Korea and the US risked triggering a conflict" following the launch of large-scale naval exercises for the first time in five years.