NORTH KOREA-North Korea threatened to “retaliate against the U.S. with tremendous muscle” if it didn’t cancel multinational military exercises scheduled to begin Monday. South Korea conducts the yearly exercises, called Ulchi Freedom Guardian, with the United States and other allies “to enhance … readiness, protect the region and maintain stability on the Korean peninsula,” according to a statement from the Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command. Just as the event itself is annual, so too are the condemnations and threats of retaliation from the reclusive North Korean regime.(CNN/ news.yoolanda.com)…[+]