N. Korea denounces S Korea-US joint military drills, vows to bolster nuclear deterrent
North Korea on Monday denounced a recent South Korea-U.S. combined military exercise that integrates South Korea's conventional military capabilities with U.S. nuclear capabilities, saying strengthening the North's nuclear capabilities is "immutable" against such a backdrop. In a statement carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim Jong-sik, first vice department…
North Korea has harshly criticized a joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States, vowing to strengthen its own nuclear capabilities. The drill, known as Iron Mace, was described by North Korea as the most extreme nuclear war simulation aimed at using nuclear weapons against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Kim Jong-sik, a senior official from the Workers' Party of Korea, stated that the Iron Mace exercise only proves how just the DPRK is in its relentless efforts to bolster its nuclear forces capable of effectively responding to such threats.
The South Korean-US exercise, which took place from September 29 to October 2 at the Joint Chiefs of Staff headquarters in Seoul, aimed to deter North Korean threats. Kim also denounced other allied drills, including Hoguk, Freedom Flag, and Keen Sword.
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