SEOUL: North Korea on Monday threatened to shoot down any American spy plane violating its airspace and condemned Washington's plans to deploy a nuclear missile submarine near the Korean peninsula.

A spokesman for the North's Ministry of National Defense said the United States had "intensified espionage activities beyond the wartime level," with "provocative" flights made by US spy aircraft over eight straight days this month, and one reconnaissance plane intruding into its airspace over the East Sea "several times."

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