In this regard, Jo Hyang Sim, a KPA officer, told KCNA:

The south Korean military are trying to shift onto the DPRK the responsibility for the worsening situation and find a pretext for launching the Ulji Freedom Guardian joint military exercises against the DPRK.

As regards the DPRK's rocket firing drills, they were carried out in its domain and territorial waters according to a self-defensive measure. Therefore, the south Korean puppet military gangsters, hell-bent on war exercises with a nuclear carrier of the outside forces involved, have no justification to say this or that about the rocket firing drills.

What can not be overlooked is that the 17th Asian Games is to be held in the place not far from the hotspot.

They should make clear what they are seeking for through the shelling.

They should not misunderstand the patience of the KPA officers and men on the southwestern front.