North Korea has warned America to end its "military hysteria" or face retaliation - as a US strike group, including an aircraft carrier, steams towards the region.
Pyongyang issued the warning as it displayed new submarine-based ballistic missiles in a massive military parade in the city.
The reclusive state said it was prepared to respond to any attacks with "nuclear attacks of our own style", as tension mounted in the region.
China, Pyongyang's sole major ally, has warned that the tensions must be stopped from reaching an "irreversible and unmanageable stage".
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said: "We call on all parties to refrain from provoking and threatening each other.
"One has the feeling that a conflict could break out at any moment.
"Once a war really happens, the result will be nothing but multiple loss. No one can become a winner."
On Saturday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un arrived at Pyongyang's main Kim Il Sung Square, named after his grandfather.
He led a military parade marking the "Day of the Sun", the 105th birthday of the state's founding father Kim Il-Sung.
Goose-stepping soldiers and marching bands filled the square, next to the Taedonggang River that flows through Pyongyang.
Tanks, multiple rocket launch systems and other weapons followed, while single-engine planes flew in a 105 formation overhead.
South Korea's military said it believed some of the missiles in the parade included new types of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM).
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