[Breaking] North Korea Raises Criticism of ROK-US Joint Exercises, Saying "Will Make You Feel Security Crisis"

Kim Young-chul, Head of the Workers' Party United Front Department
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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] North Korea strongly condemned the start of the pre-exercise for the South Korea-U.S. joint military drills for two consecutive days.

On the 11th, Kim Yong-chol, head of the Workers' Party United Front Department, issued a statement through the Korean Central News Agency, saying, "The South Korean authorities have ignored the opportunity for peace and started the madness of conducting war exercises again from the 10th," and added, "They will make us feel moment by moment how terribly close they are approaching a massive security crisis due to their wrong choice."

He warned, "They must clearly understand the consequences of throwing away the opportunity to improve inter-Korean relations with their own hands and responding to our goodwill with hostile acts," and said, "We will continue to carry out what we must do without interruption."

Kim emphasized regarding the United States, "Since South Korea and the U.S. have unchangingly chosen confrontation with our country, it is clear that we cannot make any other choice."

Earlier, on the 10th, North Korea issued a critical statement in the name of Kim Yo-jong, deputy director of the Party, implying the delegation of authority from Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party, coinciding with the start date of the South Korea-U.S. joint military drills pre-exercise.

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