By Xinhua,
Pyongyang : The military exercises by the United States in the area near the Military Demarcation Line was a deliberate and premeditated military provocation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), an official DPRK newspaper said Wednesday.
It was aimed at pushing the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war although there was a sign of positive development, the Rodong Sinmun daily said.
To achieve detente on the peninsular and improve the bilateral ties between the DPRK and the United States, the priority was to set up mutual confidence, said the daily, urging Washington to stop the military buildup.
According to reports of the paper, the United States and the South Korea held a joint military exercise recently, using advanced weapons such as F-16 and A-10 fighters, AH-64 helicopters and M-1 tanks.