They can also find information regarding Kim Jong-Un’s activities and the political party’s Juche ideology.
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There’s been no official response from North Korea yet on the defection of its deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom since the South Korean government officially confirmed the news Wednesday.
South Korea’s unification ministry expressed strong regret over the North’s threat, saying that the military exercise has been regularly waged and is defensive in nature.
Melvin also told the RFA that the North, which has constructed many antiaircraft artillery bases around Pyongyang for the past few years, is seen to build up conventional strategic weapons to protect the capital and its missile bases as its antiaircraft artillery bases are near ground-to-air missile bases.
South Korea’s government, meanwhile, warned over the weekend that it is highly likely that the North may carry out some sort of provocation during or after the on-going military exercise that comes days after Seoul confirmed the defection of the North Korean embassy official last week.
(Stand-up) “Reports are emerging that an official at the North Korean embassy in Russian Federation also defected recently, with some saying at least seven diplomats have fled this year”.
He noted attempts to assassinate Mr Hwang Jang Yop, the North’s chief ideologue and former tutor to previous leader Kim Jong Il, who defected to the South in 1997 and died of natural causes in 2010.
The North’s “first-strike” units are ready to mount retaliatory attacks on South Korean and US forces involved in the drills, according to the statement, carried by Pyongyang’s state media.
The South said he was driven by disgust for the Pyongyang regime, admiration for South Korea’s free and democratic system and concerns for his family’s future.
“Keeping them hidden from the public. citing “safety reasons” shows that the puppet govern- ment’s announcement is a complete fabrication”, he said.
The Ulchi Freedom Guardian drills that began on Monday for a 12-day run is largely computer-simulated war games.
The North Korean government has made a habit of ripping off American technology products.
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Meanwhile, Pyongyang said it has no plans to stop nuclear tests as long as perceived U.S. threats remain.
