The reason is the joint military exercises between Seoul and Washington
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that South Korea was insidious. The reason is the joint military exercises between Seoul and Washington. She warned the two allies that they were in great danger in the field of security, AFP reported.
Kim Yo-chen, one of her brother’s closest advisers, called the military exercises “dangerous.” “I take this opportunity to express my sincere regret at the insidious behavior of the South Korean authorities,” she said in a statement issued by the North Korean agency KCTA.
The armies of South Korea and the United States began preparatory training today before the official start of exercises early next week.
The maneuvers are an “undesirable, self-destructive action” that threatens the people of North Korea and increases tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
“The United States and South Korea will face a more serious security threat by ignoring our repeated warnings not to conduct dangerous military exercises,” she was quoted as saying by Reuters.
North and South Korea resumed their cross-border communications last month, which had been cut off for more than a year. They assured that their leaders have agreed to work to improve relations.
The United States has 28,500 troops in South Korea defending the country from its nuclear-armed northern neighbor. They have already reduced the scale of their joint military exercises to facilitate dialogue on the nuclear issue with Pyongyang.
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