North Korea shrugs off Trump's scaled-back drills with South Korea, saying it changes nothing

North Korea has dismissed the scaling back of joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea, stating that the reduction changes nothing regarding their stance. The remarks were delivered on Wednesday night by the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The statement marks North Korea's initial official reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump's decisions to drastically curtail the annual military drills conducted jointly by American and South Korean forces.