The army of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday criticized a scheduled U.S.-South Korean military exercise and vowed to take measures against it.
"This (exercises) clearly indicates that the U.S. is not concerned about peace and security on the Korean Peninsula at all and does not want the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," said a statement issued by the Korean People's Army (KPA) Mission at the talks between the militaries of the DPRK and U.S. held at Panmunjom.
The statement, which was carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), warned that the KPA will not "remain a passive onlooker to it."
"The KPA will actively put into practice its earlier statement that it will do all it can to round off the powerful striking means to cope with the large-scale war maneuvers," it added.
The annual drills -- Ulchi Focus Lens -- are to be held on Aug. 20-31 in South Korea and will involve about 10,000 U.S. troops.
About 28,000 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea as a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War that ended in a ceasefire, not a peace treaty, leaving the DPRK and South Korea technically at war.
Source: Xinhua
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