North Korea and Russia have denounced plans for upcoming large-scale U.S.-ROK military exercises, accusing the allies of escalating tensions with the drills that Pyongyang calls a “war rehearsal” aimed at toppling the regime.
TheKorean Central News Agency (KCNA) ran acommentary on Friday chastising South Korean “puppet warmongers” and the U.S. over their annual Freedom Shield exercise scheduled to kick off next week.