Rodong Sinmun on Wednesday says this in an article.

It goes on:

Large-scale war maneuvers are ceaselessly being staged in south Korea every year. They are the root cause of escalating the tension on the Korean peninsula and bringing the danger of a nuclear war to the nation.

The south Korean authorities should show its clear attitude toward the improvement of the north-south relations in practice.

In order to mend the catastrophic inter-Korean relations and end the history of confrontation, they should put an end to all the war maneuvers including reckless military exercises in league with foreign forces and choose the way to defuse the tension and create a peaceful climate on the peninsula.

To eliminate the danger of war, defuse the tension and create the peaceful climate on the Korean peninsula is the job to be done by the authorities of the north and the south only. It is the crucial historic task to be fulfilled by all Koreans.

All Koreans at home and abroad should turn out as one in the nation-wide struggle for defusing the danger of war, de-escalating the tension and creating the peaceful climate on the Korean peninsula to certainly open up a broad avenue to independent reunification in this significant year of the 70th anniversary of national liberation.