NEW : The South Korean Defense Ministry declines to comment on the proposal . Seoul and Washington have dismissed previous demands from North Korea for joint U.S.-South Korean drills to be called off . North Korea calls for an end to hostilities starting Friday . But it makes a number of requests unlikely to sit well with South Korea . It wants Seoul and Washington to stop joint military drills, which Pyongyang views as rehearsals for invasion.
NEW : The South Korean Defense Ministry declines to comment on the proposal . North Korea calls for an end to hostilities starting Friday . But it makes a number of requests unlikely to sit well with South Korea . It wants Seoul and Washington to stop joint military drills, which Pyongyang views as rehearsals for invasion.