This is a grave provocative act of escalating the tension and chilling the atmosphere of dialogue on the Korean peninsula, the article notes, and goes on:

The U.S. and the south Korean authorities described large-scale joint military exercises against the north conducted every year as "annual" and "defensive" ones, a foolish trick to conceal their true colors as war maniacs and disturbers of peace.

Now is the time to save the destiny of the nation from a crisis through dialogue and negotiations, not by war drills, and join efforts to pave the way for independent reunification. The DPRK will never allow them to justify the joint military exercises against it and spoil the atmosphere of dialogue.

The moves of the south Korean authorities to escalate the confrontation of social systems are a reckless provocation driving the inter-Korean relations into an extreme pitch of tension and inviting even a war.

They should immediately halt such treacherous hostile acts as leaflet scattering aimed at ratcheting up confrontation and tension among fellow countrymen while malignantly hurting the dignity and social system of the DPRK.

They should respond to the proposal of the DPRK for improving the inter-Korean relations at an early date and swim with the trend of the national history to open up a broad avenue to independent reunification, bearing in mind that their persistent enforcement of the anachronistic confrontation policy will make a mess of the destiny of the nation and throw themselves into a pitfall.