North General Staff: "More Thorough and Ruthless... Principles of Military Action" (Update)

Military Operations Against South Korea in Response to Vigilant Storm
"Principled Military Response to Enemy Military Provocations"

On the 4th, citizens at Seoul Station's waiting area are watching news related to North Korea firing about 80 artillery rounds into the East Sea from around 11:28 PM on the 3rd near the Geumgang County area in Gangwon Province. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hee-jun] The North Korean military stated that it conducted military operations against South Korea for four days from the 2nd to the 5th in response to the South Korea-U.S. joint air exercise 'Vigilant Storm,' and announced its intention to continue responding with overwhelming practical military measures.

According to the Korean Central News Agency on the 7th, the General Staff of the North Korean military said, "In order to demonstrate a thorough and resolute will to respond to the serious situation and clear confidence in the military capabilities of the Republic's armed forces, as well as to boost the firm retaliatory spirit of our soldiers with confidence in victory, we carried out counter military operations from November 2nd to 5th."

It added, "All counter military operations successfully achieved their planned objectives, and the high operational capability of our military was satisfactorily evaluated," and strongly asserted, "We once again declare that we will respond to all enemy anti-Republic war exercises with continuous, resolute, and overwhelming practical military measures."

It further emphasized, "The more persistent the enemy's provocative military provocations, the more thorough and ruthless our response will be," adding, "This will be the unwavering principle and direction of action of our armed forces in the future."

The General Staff claimed, "Through the operations, our Republic's armed forces thoroughly responded to the enemy's joint air exercises and increased confidence that can blind the enemy air force's 'superiority theory,'" and stated, "We have perfectly confirmed our military's confident readiness and capabilities and further solidified our absolute will to respond."

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