North Korea says it is waiting for the right moment to punish America and South Korea.
According to the Korea Times, North Korea strongly criticized the holding of a joint exercise between the US and South Korea near the country’s borders and warned that such provocative actions by Seoul and Washington would increase the risk of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula.
The North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced by publishing a note: These military exercises are of an offensive nature and may include American strategic and nuclear assets and weapons. For this reason, a large and unprecedented nuclear war on the Korean peninsula is getting closer every moment.
In another part of this note, it is stated that “the will to punish the hostile forces that have threatened the sovereignty of our country and the right to life of our people for decades is waiting for the moment to strike; The armed forces of North Korea are waiting for the right moment.
The annual and 11-day US-South Korean exercise titled “Ulchi Freedom Shield” (UFS) based on an all-out war scenario with various exercises has started yesterday Monday; Exercises such as computer simulation based command training, simultaneous field training and civil defense exercises.
In recent weeks and months, the tension between the United States and South Korea has increased with North Korea, and Pyongyang has increased its missile tests in response to the provocative actions of Seoul and Washington and conducting successive drills on the borders of North Korea.
In early July, the North Korean media announced that at the same time as the 72nd anniversary of the start of the Korean War, thousands of North Koreans gathered in Pyongyang and chanted “revenge war” against America.
According to North Korea’s official news agency (KCNA), nearly 120,000 people participated in the rally and carried slogans (placards) such as “The entire American land is in the range of our missiles,” “Imperialist America is a destroyer of peace.”
