German entry into UN monitoring force is bid to create Asian NATO: North Korea

North Korea said Germany’s entry into a US-led UN border monitoring force on the Korean peninsula would raise tensions, accusing Washington of creating an Asian version of NATO, state news agency KCNA reported on Tuesday.

Germany, a close US ally, on Friday became the latest member of the United Nations Command, a group that helps police the heavily fortified border between South Korea and North Korea and has committed to defend the South in the event of a war.