North Korea on Friday denounced South Korean military and government ahead of the anniversary of the Yeonpyeong bombardment, claiming stating that the South should learn the lesson of the fatal bombardment four years ago.

With the South Korean and United States militaries conducting their joint Hoguk exercises, the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency criticized plans for the drills to end with a service commemorating the November 23, 2010 incident.

“The KPA (Korean People’s Army) officers and men on the southwestern front sharply watch with high vigilance the warmongers keen only on driving the situation to an extreme phase through