North Korea Repeatedly Condemns South Korea-US Drills, "Will Stockpile the Strongest War Deterrence"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] North Korea has once again condemned the recently concluded South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises.

On the 29th, the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement titled "Only Practical Deterrence is the Sole Weapon for Peace and Security," stating, "Through the recent invasion war exercises conducted by the United States and South Korea, we have once again deeply felt the necessity to continuously strengthen our national defense capabilities and preemptive strike abilities to strongly counter and eliminate external threats."

North Korea said to the United States, "We clearly recognize that the U.S. is the main culprit destroying regional peace and stability, and that the aggressive nature of the United States will never change." It added, "By conspiring with South Korea to openly conduct reckless war exercises aimed at us, the United States has inevitably sealed its fate to face even more severe security threats."

Furthermore, it stated, "To suppress the increasingly aggravated U.S. military threats and to usher in a true era of peace without war forever, we will continuously accumulate the strongest war deterrence by confronting the illegally and immorally rampaging hostile forces with strength against strength."

Earlier, from the 10th to the 13th, South Korea and the U.S. conducted the Crisis Management Staff Training (CMST), a preliminary exercise for the second half of the joint exercises, followed by the main exercise, the second half Combined Command Post Training (21-2 CCPT), from the 16th to the 26th.

In response to the South Korea-U.S. joint exercises, North Korea severed the inter-Korean communication lines restored after 13 months on the 10th, and through statements by Kim Yo-jong, Deputy Director of the Workers' Party, and Kim Yong-chol, Party Director, as well as various other writings, fiercely condemned the South Korea-U.S. exercises.

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