Call to UN to demand the immediate termination of joint military exercises USA and South Korea, its Foreign Ministry addressed North Koreaa few days ago claiming that increase tensions on the Korean peninsula to the extent that there is a risk of them becoming uncontrollable.
THE North Korea warned today that it would consider any interception of its missiles, which it is test-firing over the Pacific Ocean, during upcoming joint US military exercises with South Korea a “clear declaration of war”. “In the event that there is a military response, such as intercepting (our missiles) during the testing of our strategic weapons, it will be considered clear declaration of war against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” said Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as reported by the KCNA news agency.
“The Pacific Ocean is not under the sovereignty of the US and Japan,” he stressed, as the US and South Korea prepare to hold their largest joint military exercises since 2018. North Korea “is always ready to receive appropriate, immediate and overwhelming measures at all times”, she underlined Kim’s sistercalling the recent U.S. military spats with South Korea “extremely acrimonious.”
In addition to the “Ulchi Freedom Shield” high schools, which will be held by the American and South Korean armed forces since March 13 and for at least 10 days, Washington and Seoul this week held joint air force exercises involving a US nuclear-capable B-52 bomber.
USA and South Korea emphasize that these are defense high schools, but Pyongyang sees them as a rehearsal for an invasion of its territory or an attempt to overthrow its regime. Besides, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea today accused the US of “deliberately” escalating the tension in the region. “The recent joint air drills (…) clearly demonstrate that the plan to use nuclear weapons against the DPRK is proceeding at the pace of a real war,” he said in a statement.
“We deeply regret the irresponsible and alarming actions of the US and South Korea, which are pushing the situation on the Korean peninsula continuously towards instability,” he added. Relations between Pyongyang and Seoul are at their lowest point in years. In 2022 North Korea characterequal “irreversible” its status as a nuclear power and conducted a series of ballistic missile tests in violation of UN resolutions.
For their part, Seoul and Washington decided to increase their joint military training centers and redeploy US strategic assets in the region.
Source: News Beast
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