Press Statement of Minister of National Defence of DPRK

 Pyongyang, September 8 (KCNA) -- Kim Song Gi, minister of National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, issued the following press statement on Monday:
The U.S., Japan and the ROK are staging the provocative tripartite multi-domain joint military exercises Freedom Edge again under the pretext of coping with the "nuclear and missile threats" from the DPRK.
Timed to coincide with this, the U.S. military is planning to stage Orient Shield, the largest-ever joint military drills, with Japan and Australia, from September 8 to 24 and to deploy in Japan the Strategic Mid-range Fires System Typhon with the regional countries in its striking range during the drills.
Moreover, the U.S. schemes to bring its army multi-domain mobile task force, a special unit formed with the aim of militarily deterring the neighboring countries within the first island chain in the Asia-Pacific region, within this year.
The U.S.-led war rehearsals are being staged one after another with no time gap now that the U.S.-Japan-ROK tripartite military cooperation system is being transformed into a dangerous offensive entity with nuclear elements. This constitutes a grave security threat pushing the instability on the Korean peninsula and beyond the region to the critical point.
If the U.S. and its allies attempt at a new military confrontation with us, we will also take strong corresponding countermeasures from the standpoint of power.
The most proper way to strictly control the ever-growing potential danger of conflict and thoroughly defend the sovereignty and security interests of the country is to constantly apply new evolved responsive force.
It is the consistent principle of military activities of the armed forces of the DPRK not to hesitate in the least to fulfill its constitutional duty to deter the hostile sources threatening national security and punish the provocateurs.
I give a serious warning to the U.S. and its satellite countries on their reckless military maneuvers to create a serious military confrontation and possibility of conflict on the Korean peninsula and their ensuing consequences.
If necessary, we will express our will and ability to respond to the enemies' moves through more powerful and resolute action. -0-