SunstarTV Bureau: North Korea slammed and warned of serious security crisis to South Korea for pushing ahead with the planned military drills with the United State (US).
As per a statement issued by the official Korean Central News Agency, Kim Yong Chol, Director of Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) said that they are all prepared to back fire and will make them realize of their wrong choice and a serious security crisis.
According to Xinhua news agency report, Kim Yong Chol made the remarks one day after Kim Yo Jong’s warning and issued a similar word as “the choice of hope or despair is totally up to the South Korean authorities.”
Besides, after of strong opposition from Pyongyang, South Korea and the US started their four day preliminary drills on Tuesday and the joint military exercises are expected to run through next week from August 16 to 26.
The leaders of both North Korea and South Korea agreed to resume the inter-Korean hotlines two weeks ago, which was cut off for more than a year. The North has since demanded that the South suspend drills to accelerate a thaw in the strained inter-Korean relations.
