North Korea has slammed U.S. and South Korean military exercises in a series of statements in recent days, accusing the allies of rehearsing to use nuclear weapons against Pyongyang.

In a statement released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday morning, a top official in the DPRK’s munitions industry took aim at the U.S.-ROK Iron Mace tabletop exercise on integrating nuclear and conventional forces.

“Iron Mace, which has been staged annually since 2024, fully betrays that the U.S. remains unchanged in its wild ambition to stifle the DPRK with nukes and such threats are escalating with each passing