In this regard Rodong Sinmun Monday says in a signed commentary:

The above-said exercises are a very dangerous and reckless action and a grave military provocation to the DPRK as they will harass peace and security in the Korean Peninsula and its vicinities and extremely escalate the tension there.

Citing data to prove that the warmongers' talk about "defensive exercises to cope with any provocation" is no more than sophism to cover up the dangerous nature of the projected saber-rattling and justify their scheme to ignite a war of aggression on the DPRK, the commentary further says:

However, the south Korean puppet authorities are scheming to stage the above-mentioned exercises with the U.S. at any cost in disregard of the internal and external public opinion. This only reveals their bellicose nature as a wrecker of peace in the Korean Peninsula and a maniac seeking a war of aggression against the DPRK.

With such exercises they attempt to make up for their diplomatic failure at the UN, justify the smear campaign for confrontation with the DPRK and intensify the military pressure upon it, but it is a pipe dream. They should be aware that any anti-DPRK war exercises rendering the situation of the Korean Peninsula tense will bring nothing good to them.

The south Korean authorities should immediately cancel their plan for join naval exercises, pondering over the catastrophic consequences that the exercises may bring to the situation of the Korean Peninsula and its vicinities.