North Korea criticises US, South Korea joint military drills

7/3/2025 6:22

North Korea criticised on

Friday annual joint military drills planned by the United States

and South Korea, saying it will worsen the situation on the

Korean Peninsula, state media KCNA said.



Annual South Korean and U.S. military exercises called

Freedom Shield are due to begin on Monday and run until March

20, aiming to strengthen readiness for threats such as North

Korea, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) previously said.



The drills will "deteriorate circumstances in the Korean

Peninsula," KCNA said.



"We have already made it clear that if the United States

continues to renew its ... military demonstrations, we will have

no choice but to renew ... strategic deterrence," KCNA said

without elaborating.