Kim Jong-un warns the US is pushing the peace process to breaking point
North Korea claims America is 'deliberately provoking' the North just as the Korean peninsula is moving towards reconciliation
KIM Jong-un has warned the US about using "pressure and military threats" against it ahead of historic peace talks.
A North Korean Foreign Ministry official has accused America of "deliberately provoking" it just as the Korean peninsula seemed to be moving towards stable times.
The claims comes after Donald Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work easing nuclear tensions in the region.
A group of 18 Republicans signed a letter putting the US President, 71, up for the award won by his predecessor Barack Obama in 2009.
Trump and the North Korean leader are due to meet in the next few weeks. It will be the first ever meeting between the two countries' leaders.
Both Koreas agreed last month to denuclearise the region, at a border summit which came after months of warlike rhetoric from Kim and Trump.
The rogue state regularly criticises the US but things have quietened down massively in recent weeks.
However a North Korean official, quoted by state news agency KCNA, said that Washington was "misleading public opinion" by saying the denuclearisation pledge resulted from sanctions and other pressure.
The US was also aggravating the current good atmosphere by deploying military assets on the Korean peninsula, they added.
"The US is deliberately provoking [North Korea] at the time when the situation on the Korean peninsula is moving toward peace and reconciliation thanks to the historic north-south summit and the Panmunjom Declaration," the statement said.