Involved in them are at least 330 000 troops of the three services of south Korean puppet army and the marine corps, the U.S. imperialist aggressor forces, more than 23 000 mobile equipment, over 60 warships and various type aircraft.

These are the largest-ever since the drills in 1996, Yonhap News added.

The puppet military gangsters unhesitatingly declared that the said drills are targeted on the DPRK.

That day the puppet joint chiefs of staff let loose a string of provocative remarks against the DPRK under the pretext of "local war provocation" and "all-out war". It cried out for maintaining maximum military posture and putting main emphasis on ground, sea and air joint drills.

A spokesman for the puppet Ministry of Defense announced that the entire army would stage drills on the whole front including the areas along the Military Demarcation Line.

All facts go to clearly prove that the warmongers are the arch criminals increasing the danger of a war and bedeviling the north-south relations.