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The Foreign Ministry in Pyongyang Warns US-South Korean Exercises Threaten “Conflict”.
North Korea has fired several ballistic missiles as South Korea and the United States Initiated Military Drills.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Said on Monday that North Korea’s Fifth Launch Event This year Fired Several Missiles Off the West Coast into the Sea.
The launch came as South Korea and the us began their annual freedom shield joint exercise. The drills are scheduled to last until March 20.
That Drew Condemnation from Nuclear-Armed Pyongyang, which issued a statement calling the exercise a “dangerous provocative act” that increases the risk of military conflict.
Fiery rhetoric
The Freedom Shield Drills Mark the First Large-Scale Joint Exercise Since Us President Donald Trump Began His Second Term.
Trump, who with North Korean Leader Kim Young Un three times during his first term, has expressed a Willingness to Revive US-North Korean Diplomacy.
Pyongyang has yet to respond to his overtures and has maintained its fiery rhetoric against Washington and Seoul over their joint military exercise, which kim has portrayed as a rehearsal for invasion.
In a statement, the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated Kim’s stated goal for “radical growth” of his nuclear force to counter growing threats posed by the US and its asian allies.
![North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, right, and US President Donald Trump Prepare to Shake Hands at the Border Village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea [File: Susan Walsh/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP24279458381910-1730988660.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513)
The Freedom Shield Exercises Began Shortly After South Korean and US Forces Paused Live-fire Training, as Seoul Investigates How Two of Its Fighter Jets Mistakenly bombed A Civilian area during a hotup drill.
About 30 people were injured, two of them, when South Korean fighter jets mistakenly fired eight mk-82 bombs on a civilian area in Pocheon, a town near the North Korean Border, last Thursday.
Earlier, General Lee Youngsu, Chief of Staff of the South Korean Air Force, apologized about the injuries and property damage, which he said “should have never happened and must never happen again”.
