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Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham was an NK News contributor based in Seoul, South Korea. Follow him on Twitter @oliverhotham.
Updated at 1515 KST: this article has been updated to include a response from South Korea's defence ministry.
A spokesperson for North Korea's military on Friday condemned a recent round of military drills by South Korea, warning that relations between the two Koreas stood to worsen to pre-2018 levels should Seoul continue its "deliberate pursuit of confrontation."