North Korean leader’s sister criticise US-South Korea for proceeding with joint drills

SEOUL: (Mar 10) (AP) The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticised the United States and South Korea for proceeding with their annual joint military exercises at a perilous moment for global security and warned that any challenge to the North’s safety would bring “terrible consequences”.

Kim Yo Jong’s statement on Tuesday came a day after the allies started their 11-day Freedom Shield exercise involving thousands of troops, while Washington also wages an escalating war in the Middle East.

Without directly referring to the Iran war, Kim said the US-South Korea drills undermine regional stability at a time when the global security structure is “collapsing rapidly and wars break out in different parts of the world due to the reckless acts of outrageous international rogues”.