The statement said the on-going joint military exercises are the war maneuvers clearly aimed at invading the north in light of their contents and the composition of armed forces involved in them.

What merits a more serious attention is that the war-like forces are contemplating inviting Japan SDF to participate in the saber-rattling for the purpose of knocking into shape a triangular military alliance, it noted.

The present regime is chilling the atmosphere of dialogue and whetting swords to threaten fellow countrymen, it said, demanding the war-like forces stop the war maneuvers at once.

Meanwhile, O Hye Ran, secretary general of the People for Achieving Peace and Reunification of south Korea, in an article contributed to the newspaper Hangyore condemned Key Resolve and Foal Eagle.