'Hope or despair?': Kim’s Jong Un's sister says South Korea-U.S. military drills could rekindle tensions

South Korea and the U.S. tentatively agreed to hold exercises in the second week of August on a reduced scale, the DongA Ilbo newspaper reported last month, citing unidentified government officials. The drills were canceled in in the first half of 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic and computer simulation drills were carried out in August 2020 and March 2021.

“I surely see the military drill, which takes place at an important turning point like this, will become an unpleasant prelude to seriously hurting the will of the leaders of the North and South seeking to take the step toward rebuilding trust again and further clouding the path lying ahead for inter-Korean relations,” Yonhap cited Kim Yo Jong as saying in the KCNA statement.Article content

South Korea’s defence ministry said last week that the timing and scale of summer time military exercises with the U.S. haven’t been finalized, Yonhap reported July 29. “Our government and military will closely watch whether South Korea will carry out their hostile war exercise once again or make a bold decision,” said Kim Yo Jong, who had been one of the most prominent faces in North Korea’s pressure campaign against the U.S. and South Korea. “Hope or despair? The decision is not upon us.”

The two Koreas reopened hotlines that had been silent since a flare-up a year ago, when Kim’s regime symbolically blew up a liaison office funded by Moon’s government. The U.S. has offered its support for the move by the two leaders to improve relations, saying it might help stalled nuclear talks.

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