North Korea says the U.S. decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea doesn't change what it views as the provocative nature of the drills.

North Korea said Wednesday that a U.S. decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea does not change what it sees as the provocative nature of the drills, dampening hopes for an early resumption of diplomacy between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump.

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made the comments Wednesday night in her country’s first reaction to Trump’s moves to drastically cut back the annual U.S.-South Korean military drills.

“We think it’s not worth making comments on that and we have no interest in it at all,” Kim Yo Jong said in a statement carried by state media. “The provocative, aggressive nature of the drills won’t change even though their duration and size were reduced.”

  • TaldanEnglish
    31·
    21 hours ago

    Both offensive and defensive drills are performed. The vast majority are defensive

    • freagle@lemmy.mlEnglish
      31·
      20 hours ago

      Does it matter?

      Yes officer, we simulated invading the house multiple times but we spent at least 3 times as much effort simulating how we would defend and against them coming out of their house to attack us.