The statement referred to the Ulji Freedom Guardian joint military exercises to be staged by the U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppet forces, noting:

The military drill due in south Korea is a nuclear war rehearsal targeting the DPRK.

In the face of the warning of the DPRK and a strong protest by neighboring countries, the U.S. imperialists decided to deploy THAAD in south Korea recently, making the military drill assume bigger danger.

All actions done by the U.S. clearly prove that "dialogue" clamored by it is nothing but hot air.

The said military joint drill will only increase the danger of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula.

We strongly denounce their criminal nuclear war drill.