The warmongers incited a war fever by staging trainings for counterattack operation and recovery of combat power, talking about non-existent "southward invasion by the north". The military exercises were staged in collaboration with the Second Marine Division of the puppet army.

The warmongers are busy watching for a chance to mount a preemptive attack on the DPRK while staging the Hoguk exercises despite the strong protest and denunciation at home and abroad.