North Korea condemned the combined military exercises of South Korea and the US that began on Monday (3) as a “dangerous provocative act”, citing the risk of accidental shooting result in a physical confrontation.
Freedom Shield’s annual exercises are scheduled to take place until March 20, although royal fire practices remain suspended after South Korean jets in a civil town near the border last week.
North Korea traditionally asks the South South South Coreia joint exercises to be canceled, classifying them as a prelude to the invasion.
The South Korean military said that the joint exercises aim to strengthen the readiness of the alliance for threats such as North Korea.
“This is a dangerous provocative act of leading the acute situation in the Korean Peninsula, which can trigger a physical conflict between the two sides through a single accidental shot, the extreme point,” said North Korea Foreign Ministry, according to State KCNA media.
The exercises will harm US safety, the ministry added.
Lee Young-Su, head of the South Korea Air Force, bent excuses on Monday for the “unprecedented” accident last week, when.
“It was an accident that should never have happened and should never happen again,” Lee told reporters.
One pilot on a jet did not check the target’s coordinates twice, while another followed and launched bombs without realizing the incorrect coordinates, said the Yonhap news agency, citing the provisional results of the military investigation.
The Ministry of Defense was not immediately available to comment.
At least after the bombs reach the Pocheon region, which is about 40 kilometers northeast of the capital Seoul.
Residents of the area have long complained about the disturbance and the risks arising from the exercises.
