North Korea criticises US, South Korea joint military drills
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Annual South Korean and US military exercises called Freedom Shield are due to begin on March 10 and run until March 20.
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PYONGYANG – North Korea criticised on March 7 the annual joint military drills planned by the United States and South Korea, saying these will worsen the situation on the Korean peninsula, state media agency KCNA said.
Annual South Korean and US military exercises called Freedom Shield are due to begin on March 10 and run until March 20, with the aim of strengthening readiness for threats such as North Korea, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff previously said.
The drills will “deteriorate circumstances in the Korean peninsula”, KCNA reported.
“We have already made it clear that if the United States continues to renew its... military demonstrations, we will have no choice but to renew... strategic deterrence,” KCNA said without elaborating. REUTERS
