SEOUL — North Korea on Tuesday accused South Korean President Park Geun-Hye of provocative war-mongering a day after Seoul launched an annual military drill with the United States.
Rather than criticizing the joint exercise itself — as it has often done in the past — the North focused its anger on comments Park made at a meeting of her National Security Council that coincided with the start of the drill Monday.
At the meeting, held in an underground bunker, Park made it clear that South Korea should not allow its guard to drop despite a recent easing of tensions with the North.
“No matter how peaceful things are, a crisis would come if we forget about war,” Park said. “It is very important to ensure firm security preparedness in any circumstances.”
The 10-day Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise is a largely computer-simulated drill that plays out the scenario of a North Korean invasion.
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