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 CLOSE As North Korea continues its missile tests, an American military fleet of ships move to maintain 'readiness and presence' in the region. USA TODAY 
 
 The USS Carl Vinson supercarrier arrives at a port in Busan, South Korea on March 15, 2017 (Photo: YONHAP, YONHAP, EPA) 
 
 North Korea warned it would defend itself against “reckless acts of aggression" after the U.S. deployed an aircraft carrier strike group toward the Korean peninsula. 
 
 
 
 North Korea’s foreign ministry said the deployment of the USS Carl Vinson along with a missile carrier and two destroyers showed "reckless moves for invading" had "reached a serious phase,” the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday. 
 
 "We will hold the US wholly accountable for the catastrophic consequences to be entailed by its outrageous actions,” the ministry said, according to the KCNA. 
 
 “The DPRK is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the US," it added, referring to the country’s full title, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 
 
 North Korea vowed to bolster its defenses over the weekend to protect itself against missile strikes such as those ordered by President Trump against an air base in Syria last week in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 civilians. 
 
 The strike group had been scheduled to leave from Singapore for port visits to Australia on Saturday, but Adm. Harry Harris, head of U.S. Pacific Command, ordered it to head north toward Korean waters instead “as a prudent measure to maintain readiness and presence in the Western Pacific.” 
 
 North Korea held a one-day parliamentary meeting Tuesday to approve the budget and reshuffle the Cabinet, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. 
 
 The meeting comes amid speculation that Pyongyang may conduct its sixth nuclear test or fire a missile around the time of key anniversaries in April, Yonhap reported. 
 
 On Saturday, North Korea will celebrate the birthday of Kim Il Sung, the grandfather of Kim Jong Un who ruled the North for 46 years. Pyongyang test-fired a ballistic missile last week ahead of meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. 
 
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– Forget a "ruthless blow." North Korea says the US will face "catastrophic consequences," including possible war, if it continues to provoke the country, reports the Guardian. The message from a foreign ministry spokesman comes days after the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier, a missile carrier, and two destroyers were sent to waters off the Korean peninsula "as a prudent measure to maintain readiness and presence in the Western Pacific," according to Adm. Harry Harris. The North Korean rep, however, says the decision to alter the course of the ships, which were headed to Australia, shows that "reckless moves for invading" have "reached a serious phase," per USA Today. In a series of tweets on Tuesday, President Trump didn't seem perturbed. "North Korea is looking for trouble," he wrote. "I explained to the President of China that a trade deal with the US will be far better for them if they solve the North Korean problem," he continued. "If not, we will solve the problem without them!" The New York Times explains the president's trouble: Only China has a realistic chance of getting North Korea to change course, but President Xi Jinping did not offer Trump any commitments about making that happen, either in public or private, during their meeting last week. Trump's tweets, however, suggest that he would rather strike a deal with China than act unilaterally against Pyongyang.