DPRK condemns U.S.-South Korea joint military drill

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) condemned an ongoing major joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea, saying it is “extremely provocative” and calling the two countries “chief culprits” who undermine peace on the Korean Peninsula, state media said Saturday.
In a Friday press statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a spokesperson for the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army said the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, being staged on land, at sea and in the air of the Republic of Korea (ROK), is “an extremely provocative and aggressive large-scale drill for an actual war clearly aimed at a sudden preemptive attack on the DPRK.”