Concerns Over Possible North Korean Provocations Before and After ROK-US Military Drills
"A Scheme to Shift Responsibility for Deteriorating Situation onto Us"

President Moon Jae-in clenched his fist after delivering a congratulatory speech at the 74th Liberation Day celebration held at the House of the Nation in the Independence Hall of Korea in Cheonan on the morning of August 15 last year. <Photo by Yonhap News>

President Moon Jae-in clenched his fist after delivering a congratulatory speech at the 74th Liberation Day celebration held at the House of the Nation in the Independence Hall of Korea in Cheonan on the morning of August 15 last year.

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Regarding the so-called "March Crisis on the Korean Peninsula," which suggests a high possibility of North Korea engaging in military provocations around the time of the scheduled South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises in March, North Korea claimed on the 10th that it is "something even a boiled small brain would laugh uproariously at."


On that day, North Korea's anti-South propaganda outlet Uriminzokkiri, in an article titled "The Screams of the Guilty," mentioned the names of some domestic policy research institutes and media outlets, asserting that "(They) are spreading the so-called 'March Crisis' theory, saying things like 'before North Korea takes shocking actual actions, it must carefully prepare internally and secure a justifiable reason, so the tension level will be gradually raised until the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises proceed in March,' or 'if the joint military exercises start in late February or early March, North Korea may conduct new strategic weapons tests.'


They added, 'This is a sinister scheme aimed at thoroughly shifting the responsibility for the deterioration of the Korean Peninsula situation onto our Republic.' The outlet emphasized that the cause of the tension on the Korean Peninsula lies not with them but with the U.S.'s hostile policy toward North Korea.


The outlet stated, "Our move toward shocking actual actions is due to nothing changing in the U.S.'s robber-like behavior and the judgment and determination that there is no longer any basis to be unilaterally bound by promises without any protector," and insisted, "It is not a matter of finding or not finding any 'justification' to take such measures."


Regarding experts' and media's proposals that the government needs to adopt conciliatory messages and policies toward North Korea to respond to the 'March Crisis,' the outlet disparaged them as "nothing but mere screams."


The outlet said, "Seeing the pitiful lackeys who act as the U.S.'s errand boys talk about leading (North Korea) conciliatory messages or 'discovering creative measures' to overcome the 'March Crisis' is something even a boiled small brain would laugh uproariously at," and belittled it as "nothing but the screams uttered by the guilty who panic due to unexpected events."



Meanwhile, the term "boiled small brain" was used by North Korea last year when criticizing President Moon Jae-in's August 15th commemorative speech. On the 16th, the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, North Korea's agency for inter-Korean affairs, said in a spokesperson's statement regarding President Moon's announcement the previous day to promote a peace economy, "It is something even a boiled small brain would laugh uproariously at."


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