PYONGYANG, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday accused Britain of openly joining the U.S.-South Korea joint war games slated for next month, saying it was a "serious challenge to peace and security."
"This is a hostile act of openly joining the U.S. and the South Korean puppet forces in the moves for a new war against the DPRK," the official KCNA quoted a spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry as saying.
The spokesman slammed the United States and South Korea for pushing the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war by carrying out various forms of combined military exercises.
He said that Britain's participation in the upcoming military drills is "never to be pardoned" because Britain, which has diplomatic ties with the DPRK, is now seeking to join in moves that are against the DPRK.
Reports said Britain will send fighters to participate in the joint military drills to be conducted by South Korea and the United States from Nov. 4 to Nov. 10.
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