NEW : Tensions remain high as North Korea opposes military exercise off peninsula of peninsula . `` What Kim Jong Un wants to demonstrate is his influence and his exertion of power , because he needs in a very speedy time to prove within the next couple of years that he is strong and qualified to succeed , '' she said . A new defense minister North is named annual . North Korea apparently targeted key sites on North Korea , a South Korean lawmaker says . A joint military drill is a `` reckless plan '' by `` trigger-happy elements , '' the North says .
NEW : Tensions remain high as North Korea opposes military exercise off peninsula of peninsula . A new defense minister North is named annual . North Korea apparently targeted key sites on North Korea , a South Korean lawmaker says . A joint military drill is a `` reckless plan '' by `` trigger-happy elements , '' the North says .