Moreover, the south Korean military staged a combined air drill for combat-readiness under the pretext of taking "security measure".

Minju Joson Friday says in a commentary terms such moves dangerous military proceedings contrary to the "military agreement to implement the Panmunjom declaration" in which the north and the south promised to remove the danger of war on the Korean peninsula and put an end to hostile relations.

The commentary goes on:

The south Korean military signed the military agreement for easing military tension between the north and the south and removing the danger of war, but remains unchanged in its military moves against the fellow countrymen in the north. Such double-dealing behavior is the one against the nation that can never be overlooked.

It is necessary to take practical measures for removing any danger of war in order to create the circumstances for durable peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Nevertheless, the south Korean military decided to purchase latest military hardware from abroad and staged war drill. This is little short of the frantic moves of the conservative regime that brandished the stick to provoke a war while insisting on the "theory terming the north principal enemy" and calling for "preemptive strike" in the past era of confrontation.

The reckless moves of the south Korean military swimming against the trend of the times can never be justified in any case, as they are criminal act harmful to the development of the present north-south relations.

The south Korean military should draw a lesson from the ruin of the former conservative regime which drove the north-south relations into the worst phase of war while resorting to the military confrontation with the north, and immediately stop the reckless military moves.