North Korea: "South Korea and US boast despite postponing drills due to COVID-19"

"South Korea-US, Unable to Conduct War Drills Due to Epidemic"
"Embarrassed by Childish Boasting"
North Korea Fires 3 Projectiles into East Sea on the Morning of the 9th

North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un supervised a fire strike drill of a long-range artillery unit at the front line on the 2nd, the Korean Central News Agency reported on the 3rd.

North Korea, which launched three unidentified projectiles into the East Sea, criticized the suspension of the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises as a "show-off" through its external propaganda media on the 9th.

On the same day, the external propaganda media "Meari" mentioned the postponement of the joint exercises scheduled for March due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in an article titled "War Exercises Blocked by Epidemic and Showing Off," stating, "This postponement of war exercises is purely due to the spread of COVID-19."

The media said, "The authorities and the U.S., feeling great danger from COVID-19 spreading rapidly to almost all regions and even within the U.S. Forces Korea, took measures for safety," adding, "Nevertheless, the (South Korean) authorities are arrogantly acting as if these measures were taken 'proactively' for improving inter-Korean relations."

Meari continued, "Isn't it the same authorities who insisted until just a few days ago that joint exercises must be carried out to transfer wartime operational control?" and said, "Even though they had wanted to conduct the war exercises so badly, they had to stop because of the terrifying epidemic, and now they are postponing it as if they are bestowing 'goodwill' on someone, which is utterly distasteful."

It added, "The authorities' childishness in using even the war exercises blocked by the epidemic as a show-off makes one's face burn with shame."

Meanwhile, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced on the 9th, "This morning, three unidentified projectiles launched from the Seondeok area in South Hamgyong Province toward the northeastern East Sea were detected."

This marks one week since North Korea last fired projectiles, and five days after Chairman Kim Jong Un sent a letter to President Moon Jae-in.

On the 4th of this month, North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un sent a letter to President Moon Jae-in expressing sympathy regarding the spread of COVID-19. President Moon sent a letter of thanks on the 5th.

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