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North Korea calls us South Korea, drill a “dangerous challenging act”

North Korea calls us South Korea, drill a “dangerous challenging act”

north korea Sentenced combined military exercises from South-U-Korea that started on Monday as a “dangerous challenging act”, citing the risk of an accidental shooting stirring a physical confrontation.

Annual freedom shield exercises are scheduled to take place until March 20, although living fire exercises remain suspended after South Korean jets have missed the bombs on a civilian city near the border last week.

This wrong thing hurt at least 29 people.

Lee Sung Joon, left, public business director of common South Korean heads (JCS), and his Korean counterpart, Ryan Donald, participates in a press information for Freedom Shield at the JCS headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. A?

north korea He traditionally requested that the common exercises in South Korea be stopped, marking them as a prelude to the invasion.

The South -Korean army said that joint exercises are aiming to strengthen the training of the alliance for threats such as North Korea.

“This is a dangerous provocative act of leading the acute situation on the Korean peninsula, which can arouse a physical conflict between the two parties with the help of a single accidental blow, to the extreme point,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to KCNA.

The exercises will harm US security, the ministry added.

Lee Young-Su, the head of the South Korean air forces, was excused on Monday for the “unprecedented” accident last week, where two jets were wrong.

The South Korean Air Force F-15K Fighter Jets Fire Shells during the common military exercise between South Korea and the United States, at the Seungjin Fire Training Field, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. A?
The North -Corean leader, Kim Jong Un, speaks during the latest generation ceremony for Kangdong County Hospital and the General Services Center in Kangdong County, North Korea, on February 6, 2025. through Reuters

“It was an accident that should have never happened and should never happen again,” Lee told reporters.

A pilot from a jet was pressed for time and did not double check the target coordinates, while another pilot from the other jet followed and threw bombs without observing the incorrect coordinates, the Yonhap News Agency, citing the provisional results of the military investigation.

The Ministry of Defense was not available immediately for comments.

The area affected by the accidental bombardment in Pocheon, which is about 25 miles northern -est of Seoul, is outside a training area, near the border with North Korea.

The inhabitants of the area have long complained about the disturbance and risks from exercises.