South Korea and the United States announced the start of annual joint military command-staff teachings. This is reported by the Anghap agency with reference to the Joint Committee of the headquarters of South Korea (JCS).
Due to the limitations associated with the next wave of coronavirus infection, the exercises will be held in a virtual format. From 16 to 26 August, participants will undergo tests simulated on the computer. In response to protests from the DPRK, JCS stressed that the teachings are defensive.
A source in the United Nations conveyed to the Agency that the military command of the United Nations did not warn the government in Pyongyang on the start of military games. Such warnings always come to the DPRK, when South Korea with its allies conducts teachings on the Korean Peninsula. Due to the lack of official notifications, the DPRK authorities stated that the United States and South Korea prepare war, despite the efforts of the parties to the conflict to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula.
August 11, as a protest against Pyongyang teachings, broke the telephone connection with Seoul, established on July 27. Previously, the younger sister of the leader of North Korea Kim Jong Yana, Kim E Zhon called the teachings of the United States and South Korea “rehearsal of the nuclear war.” She noted that Washington forces aggression in such a “sensitive time” for the Korean Peninsula.