Kim criticizes the military exercises of the South and the United States while inspecting his most powerful ship – Chicago Tribune
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Seoul, South Korea (AP) – The head of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, condemned military maneuvers between South Korea and the United States and promised a rapid expansion of their nuclear forces to counter their competitors, the state press reported on Tuesday.
Kim’s visit to the port of Nampo, to the west of the country, coincided on Monday with the start of the annual summer scale of the Seoul and Washington armies to strengthen the preparation against the growing North Korean threats. The Ulchi Freedom shield, which the allies describe as defensive, will mobilize 21,000 soldiers, including 18,000 South Koreans, for computer-simulated command operations and field training.
North Korea has long denounced the joint exercises of the Allies as an invasion of the invasion, and Kim has often used them to justify their own demonstrations and military evidence to extend their nuclear weapons program.
The Korean peninsula continues in a technical war war, divided by the demilitarized area between North Korea and South Korea.
While inspecting Choe Hyon’s War Ship, a 5,000 -ton class destroyer presented for the first time in April, Kim declared that Allied military exercises show hostility and their alleged willingness to trigger a war, “according to the Korean central news agency. He said that maneuvers have become more provocative than before incorporating a” nuclear element ” “proactive and overwhelming” countermeasures.
“The security situation around the RPDC is becoming more and more serious day by day and the dominant situation requires that we are making a radical and rapid change in existing military theory and practice and a rapid expansion of nucleation,” said Kim paraphrassing ACNC, using the initials of the country’s formal name, the Democratic Democratic Republic of Korea.
Kang Yu-Jung, spokesperson for the new progressive president of South Korea, Lee Jae Myung, who expressed his desire to repair the links and resume dialogue with El Norte, said that Seoul “has always considered Ulchi as defensive exercises”, but has not made more comments on Kim’s statements. The Ministry of Defense of Seoul said that he had no new immediate assessments to share the capacities of the North Korean War ship.
Military officials in South Korea and the United States claim that Ulchi Freedom Shield will focus on the fight against nuclear threat and missiles in North Korean advances and will include training to dissuade nuclear weapons from Pyongyang and respond to their missile attacks. The exercise will also include recent conflict lessons, including the Russian war in Ukraine and the confrontation between Israel and Iran, and will address the threats of drones, the interference of general practitioners and cyber attacks.
Kim: The destroyer is the key to nuclear capacity
Kim praised the development of his naval destroyer, Choe Hyon, as a significant progression towards his objective of expanding the operational scope and the preventive attack capacities of his army with nuclear weapons. The State press reported that the destroyer, which is preparing to enter active service next year, is designed to manage several weapons systems, including anti-aircraft and anti-cell weapons, as well as ballistic and cruise missiles with nuclear capacity.
The North presented a second destructive of the same class in May, but the ship underwent damage during a failed launch ceremony in the northeast port of Chongjin, which caused a reaction of anger of Kim, which described the failure of “criminal”. The North said that the new destroyer, called Kang Kon, was relaunched in June after being repaired, but some external experts wondered if it was completely operational.
During the visit of Monday in Nampo, Kim also examined the North Korean efforts to finish a third destroyer for October, the ACNC said. While inspecting the Choe Hyon, Kim expressed his satisfaction with the progress of the weapons of the War Ship and its integrated operations system, saying that the modernization of the navy and progress towards nuclear capacities are advancing as expected. He asked managers to carry out performance tests in October, added the agency.
The tensions of the Korean peninsula have worsened in recent years while Kim has accelerated its military nuclear program and intensified its approach to Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. His government has repeatedly rejected Washington and Seoul calls to resume negotiations to reduce their nuclear and missile programs, which were disturbed in 2019 after a failed summit in the first term of US President Donald Trump.
Friday, in his latest message to Pyongyang, Lee, who assumed the post in June, said that he would seek to restore a 2018 intercorean military agreement designed to reduce border tensions and asked the north to respond to southern efforts to reconstruct confidence and reactivate conversations.
The 2018 military agreement, concluded during a brief period of diplomacy between Koreas, created land and sea safety zones and air exclusion areas to prevent confrontations. But Seoul suspended the agreement in 2024, citing tensions for the launches of balloons in charge of their northern territory, and resumed front -line military activities and propaganda campaigns. The measurement occurred after North Korea has announced that it no longer respects the agreement.
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