US-South Korea joint drills may bring catastrophe to region, says Pyongyang
The drills, lasting 12 days, seek to coordinate a response to a possible invasion by North Korea LATEST NEWS : North Korea on Friday warned that the controversial joint military exercises of South Korea and the US, which are scheduled to start next week, could bring a catastrophe to the security in the region. The annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercises, which will start on August 21, would "further drive the situation on the Korean Peninsula into a catastrophe", according to a brief statement released by the North Korean state agency KCNA. Every year in August, the South Korean and US forces jointly hold military exercises which include the world's largest computer-simulated war games and involve several thousand troops from both countries, reports Efe news. The exercises, which last 12 days, seek to coordinate a response to a possible invasion by North Korea. Despite the defensive nature of the maneuvers, North Korea still criticises the...