Minju Joson Saturday observes in a bylined commentary in this regard:

The drill was waged in the biggest hotspot which proves that it is a grave military provocation and war racket against the DPRK, to all intents and purposes.

The U.S. persistently escalates tensions on the Korean Peninsula and whips up the atmosphere of military confrontation with the DPRK with an aim to secure a justification for keeping its forces and carrying out its policy of military supremacy in the region under the pretext of "deterring military provocation" from the DPRK.

It is the gangster-like intention of the U.S. to label the DPRK as a "provocateur" and put the region under its permanent occupation and thus lord it over there.

The DPRK will never remain a passive onlooker to the U.S. threatening the security of the DPRK with such saber-rattling, pushing the situation to the extremity.