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[Newsmaker] NK newspaper slams S. Korean participation in military exercises

By Yonhap

Published : June 3, 2018 - 11:14

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North Korea on Sunday slammed South Korea's participation in joint multinational exercises, saying it ran counter to an inter-Korean declaration reached at a summit earlier in the year.

The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, took shots at South Korea's plans to take part in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise and the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercises.

The RIMPAC is scheduled to run from June 27 to Aug. 2 and will involve 20 countries, while the UFG, bringing together South Korean and US forces, will take place in early August. 


South Korean service members salute before departing to join the Rim of the Pacific exercise during a ceremony at a naval base in Changwon, about 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on May 28, in this photo provided by the Navy. (Yonhap) South Korean service members salute before departing to join the Rim of the Pacific exercise during a ceremony at a naval base in Changwon, about 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on May 28, in this photo provided by the Navy. (Yonhap)

Pyongyang has been critical of these exercises in recent weeks and has said the Panmunjom Declaration, adopted by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on April 27, should prevent what Pyongyang believes are war rehearsals.

"The North and South are now faced with a monumental task of easing military tensions and realizing peace on the Korean Peninsula by faithfully implementing the Panmunjom Declaration," the paper said. "Dialogue and confrontation, and peace and war exercises can never go hand-in-hand."

The newspaper called the RIMPAC "a product of the Cold War era" that has been held with a purpose of forming a blockade around a sovereign state such as North Korea. (Yonhap)

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