Pyongyang has accused the US of creating an all-out battle extra seemingly
Washington’s shut navy ties with South Korea are bringing the area nearer to a nuclear battle, Pyongyang claimed on Tuesday.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) argued that the continued 11-day US-South Korean train ‘Ulchi Freedom Shield’ was a rehearsal for “an actual war to invade the North,” and that “the aggressive character of the drill is becoming ever more conspicuous.”
Pyongyang additional insisted that if in the course of the present drill the US and its allies implement the ideas agreed final week at Camp David, Maryland, “the possibility of outbreak of a thermonuclear war on the Korean Peninsula will become more realistic.”
President Joe Biden hosted his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Camp David on Friday. In a joint assertion, the three leaders vowed to extend navy ties and “bring our trilateral security cooperation to new heights.” They additionally condemned Pyongyang’s “unprecedented number” of ballistic missile assessments and accused it of cyberattacks.
North Korea historically considers US workout routines with South Korea and Japan a menace. Washington, in the meantime, says the maneuvers are purely defensive in nature.
The drills, which kicked off on Monday, include over 30 separate workout routines, combining computer-simulated wargames with discipline coaching. According to the US Navy, the drills will assist to “solidify the role of the [US-South Korean] alliance as the linchpin of peace and security in the region.”
Colonel Lee Sung-jun, spokesman for South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the meantime, advised reporters that the train was aimed to “counter the advancing threats from North Korea.”
Pyongyang has responded to such workout routines with its personal weapons assessments, firing projectiles into the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea. The Japanese Coast Guard mentioned on Tuesday that North Korea had notified it concerning the plan to launch a satellite tv for pc into house later this month. Pyongyang’s earlier satellite tv for pc launch in May resulted in failure.
(RT.com)