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North Korea has publicly launched military exercises that involve simulating the occupation of the entirety of South Korean territory through armed attacks in case of contingencies in the presence of the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, its state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday.
The CPX was in response to a “situation where the United States and gangsters of the ‘Republic of Korea’ military have staged highly provocative and extremely dangerous large-scale combined exercises that simulate an all-out war with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” North Korean state media said, referring to South and North Korea by their official names, respectively.
North Korea’s announcement was released on the final day of Ulchi Freedom Shield, an 11-day computer- simulated CPX conducted by South Korea and the US. The regular, defense-focused exercises aim to strengthen the combined defense posture and alliance response capabilities of South Korea and the US in the face of increasing missile and nuclear threats from North Korea.
In 2018, Kim Jong-un rattled the world by pushing forward with his nuclear missile program with threats against South Korea and the US. At the time, SK was on edge and high alert. It was at that time, February, 2018, just before the Winter Olympics, when I visited Seoul.
I found the local population unconcerned about the situation.
In 2023, it appears Kim Jon-un is ramping up his dangerous statements that his plan is to conquer the South and put all of Korea under his communist rule. This may be a result of huge problems in his country due to Covid, poverty and sanctions. Again, under this cloud of aggression in a war zone (the Korean War never ended; just a cease fire declared), I will be returning to Seoul in about a month. After I booked my trip, I did not realize that I begin my trip during the middle of the Chuseok holiday season. I guess timing is everything.
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