Dealing with the scale and aggressive nature of Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military drills, the article said:

A spokesman for the General Staff of the Korean People's Army in a statement clarified its principled stand on the saber-rattling.

The DPRK has already clarified its stand that it has the willingness to put a moratorium on the nuclear test, a concern of the U.S., in case the latter stops its joint military drills for the time being.

The U.S. turned down this proposal and Obama declared "additional sanctions" against the DPRK.

True dialogue is the most urgent for ensuring peace on the Korean peninsula and in other parts of the world.