March 29, 2024
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South Korea Promises ‘Punishment’ in Response to North Korean Threats

'Defensive' military drills by North and South Korea prompts harsh rhetoric from Seoul and Pyongyang

SEOUL – North Korean military drills organized in response to South Korean military exercises has lead the South Korean military to warn of a 'strong' punishment towards North Korea should a recent string of strongly-worded threats from Pyongyang propaganda outlets manifest as an attack, Yonhap news reported in Seoul.

The U.S. and South Korean militaries are currently engaged in a month-long joint exercise, 'Foal Eagle', to which the North responded by launching its own submarine exercises, and by issuing a threat to scrap the armistice agreement that has functioned as a de facto peace treaty between the two Koreas since the end of the Korean war in the 1950s.

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