North Korean Media Uniformly Condemns 'South Korea-US Operational Plan Update Agreement'

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] North Korean media outlets have collectively published critical articles regarding the agreement between South Korean and U.S. military authorities to update existing operational plans in response to the heightened nuclear and missile threats from North Korea.

The external propaganda outlet Tongil-ui Mea-ri reported on the 11th, stating, "Not long ago, the U.S. and the South Korean military, at the 53rd Annual ROK-U.S. Security Consultative Meeting, agreed to strengthen the existing North invasion operational plans while spouting baseless threats from someone."

This is the first time North Korea has issued a statement since the South Korean and U.S. defense ministers announced on the 2nd in Seoul that they had agreed to update the operational plans at the 53rd Security Consultative Meeting (SCM). However, since the report came from an external propaganda outlet rather than an official statement, it is interpreted as a measured response.

It continued, "The official U.S. position that there is no hostile intent against the Republic and South Korea’s paradoxical murmurs about peace only prove to be mere hypocrisy," criticizing the move.

The outlet warned that the operational plan update "will drive the military crisis on the Korean Peninsula toward an even more perilous direction," and that "if a more concrete invasion war script is created, it is clear that the Korean Peninsula and the military environment will head toward an irreparable catastrophe."

It also condemned the Annual ROK-U.S. Security Consultative Meeting as "a powder keg-like conspiracy to further realize the provocation of a North invasion war and reckless military recklessness that drives the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the worst."

The external weekly magazine Tongil Sinbo also voiced criticism of the decision to update the operational plans in an editorial titled "Reckless Play of Revising and Supplementing North Invasion War Plans" on the same day.

The newspaper claimed, "It is like conservatives rampaging to insult and nullify the inter-Korean declarations from three years ago and engaging in a disgusting kiss," and argued, "It has become even clearer that they have pursued confrontation disguised as goodwill and war disguised as peace."

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