North Korea calls US-South Korea drills a dangerous provocative act

10/3/2025 6:27

The North Korea Foreign

Ministry said U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises are "a

dangerous provocative act," state media KCNA reported on Monday.



Annual South Korean and U.S. military exercises called

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

20.



They aim to strengthen the readiness of the alliance for

threats such as North Korea, the South Korean military said

earlier.



North Korea has traditionally called for these joint

exercises to be called off, branding them as a prelude to

invasion.



"This is a dangerous provocative act of leading the acute

situation on the Korean peninsula, which may spark off a

physical conflict between the two sides by means of an

accidental single shot, to the extreme point," the Foreign

Ministry said, according to KCNA.



The drills will harm U.S. security, the ministry added.