SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — A bunch of South Korean peace activists on Monday held a rally in opposition to the joint navy drill with the United States that kicked off earlier within the day.
The activists from the Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) gathered close to the presidential workplace in central Seoul, the place the protection ministry can be headquartered, to name for peace on the Korean Peninsula.
The protesters shouted slogan of “Stop war exercise” and lifted the placards of “Stop South Korea-U.S. war exercise” and “No to South Korea-Japan alliance.”
The Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) train between South Korea and the U.S., a summertime joint navy train involving large-scale subject maneuvers, was scheduled to proceed till Aug. 31, in accordance with South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
The annually-held navy drill this 12 months will reportedly contain about 30 subject maneuvers, in comparison with 13 performed final 12 months.
The SPARK stated in a press release that the usexercise is a struggle train, which may flip right into a nuclear struggle at any time, as it’s the large-scale preemptive strike drill involving nuclear and superior typical forces from the 2 allies.
The civic group urged Seoul and Washington to right away cease and abolish the usexercise, which may intensify the nuclear confrontation on the peninsula.
It added that the efforts for the trilateral navy cooperation among the many U.S., Japan and South Korea must be stopped as it will probably escalate regional tensions.