North Korea has condemned the annual joint military exercises between South Korea and the US, warning that it will continue to increase its strike power to quell any threats from its enemies.
"The "Freedom Shield" military exercises, which are held annually, creating instability in the situation on the Korean Peninsula, have reached the highest level in history this year in their aggressive and offensive nature," said a statement from the Institute for Disarmament and Peace under the DPRK Foreign Ministry, published by the Central News Agency.
"The current joint military exercises "Freedom Shield" freedom" "For the first time in history, the joint exercises between the US and Seoul are being held in all spaces, including land and sea, air, space and cyberspace," the DPRK said.
According to Pyongyang, "military clashes in the Korean Peninsula region will by no means be limited to the case between the DPRK and the US, and this may inevitably become the source of a new world war."
"The possession of a huge strike power that no one can stop (...) is the most reliable guarantee for preventing war and effectively deterring, as well as controlling any threats and blackmail from aggressors," the DPRK said.
According to the statement of the Institute for Disarmament and Peace of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, North Korea "will continuously improve and strengthen powerful countermeasures of all categories" that will "suppress any military actions." of hostile states that seriously threaten the sovereignty and security interests of the state, and as a responsible nuclear state, will reliably protect peace and security in the region and the world".