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U.S.-S. Korea Joint Military Maneuvers under Fire

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, August 30 (KCNA) -- The U.S. and south Korean troops are staging provocative "Ulji Focus Lens-05" joint military exercises in south Korea. Involved in the "UFL" which will last till September 2 are the U.S. troops present in south Korea and huge reinforcements from the U.S. mainland and overseas and hundreds of thousands of south Korean troops. In this regard Minju Joson Tuesday in a signed commentary holds that if the U.S. truly wants a negotiated peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, it should stop at once its military blackmail against the DPRK. The gravity of the issue lies in the fact that the U.S., availing itself of the adjourned six-party talks for the settlement of the nuclear issue on the peninsula, launched the "UFL," the commentary says, and continues:
    It is intolerable as it is an undisguised military blackmail against the DPRK. Dialogue and war exercises can never go together. It is a matter of common sense that one side should refrain from staging any military maneuver getting on the nerves of its dialogue partner or threatening it while talks are under way. The U.S., however, launched the provocative war drills aimed at invading the DPRK at a time when the six-party talks are in recess.
    The army and people of the DPRK are now hardening their determination to deal crushing blows at the U.S., if it ignites a war of aggression against it. The U.S. saber rattling only indicates that it does not yet know at all who its rival is. It is an unpardonable treacherous act of going against the will and desire of the Korean nation that the south Korean military authorities are zealously colluding with the U.S. in its stand-off with their fellow countrymen. The south Korean authorities would be well advised to stop pursuing cooperation with the U.S. which would lead to increased dependence, not independence, but join in the nation-wide struggle for independent reunification.