August 22, 2016

"The large-scale joint military drills conducted by South Korea and the United States will jeopardize peace and stability in Northeast Asia, especially after regional tensions have escalated by the planned deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea.

Tens of thousands of South Korean and U.S. troops on Monday began the two-week Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercises, five months after the two countries launched the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle exercises.

Although Seoul and Washington claimed that their drills are defensive, the exercises that simulate an all-out attack by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will make Pyongyang more aggressive and will worsen the already fragile and unstable situation on the Korean Peninsula."

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