US military helicopter crashes near South Korea

New Delhi: A US military helicopter crashed near the North Korean border during a joint military exercise with South Korea on Tuesday.

All twelve service personnel on board the helicopter have reportedly survived the crash. The cause of the crash is still unknown.

Meanwhile, North Korea has condemned the joint exercises as a rehearsal for invasion and made a series of dire threats of military retaliation. There are 28,500 US military personnel permanently stationed in South Korea.