Destruction of balance of power on Korean Peninsula will never be allowed

13/9/2025 17:01

The official news agency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday condemned the recent bilateral and multilateral joint military drills held by the United States, Japan and South Korea, saying that "the destruction of the balance of power on the Korean Peninsula and in the region will never be allowed."



The U.S.-led hostile forces are desperately intensifying military cooperation on the assumption that nuclear weapons would be used, posing a serious threat to the security environment of the Korean Peninsula and the rest of the region, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary.



The United States and Japan are staging actual maneuvers Resolute Dragon on the largest scale ever seen from Thursday, with huge forces and latest war hardware involved, it said, adding that the United States is going to hold with South Korea the third nuclear operation drill dubbed Iron Mace simulating a full-scale nuclear war from Monday.



The United States, Japan and South Korea will also launch the third multi-domain joint military exercises Freedom Edge, said the commentary.