The Korean Central News Agency released a commentary under the title "Evil Presage of Dangerous US-ROK Joint Military Exercises".

The commentary said:

Shortly ago, there occurred an accident showing why the US-led bilateral and multilateral joint military drills, staged frantically in the Korean peninsula, are so dangerous and why they deserve the denunciation by the world people.

With the full-scale operation of the worst-ever joint military exercises "Freedom Shield 2025" near at hand, there took place a record case of "simultaneous accidental attacks", in which two fighters of the puppet ROK army hell-bent on "firepower demonstration" air-raided a civilian village during a large-scale US-ROK live shell firing drill as prelude to the exercises. It was reported that the intensive dropping of eight bombs, due to the pilots' mistakes in inputting coordinates, caused tens of civilian and military casualties and such property damage as the destruction of private houses and vehicles.

Such accidental firing case is a common practice for the US forces and the ROK army, but what merits an attention is the fact that the case occurred near the southern border of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on the eve of the large-scale joint military exercises simulating a total war against the DPRK. As reported by the "New York Times" and other US and puppet ROK media, there is no need to explain how the situation would have developed if a bomb had been dropped towards the north a little further to cross the border of the DPRK.

The armed forces of the DPRK are now keeping highly alert to cope with the malicious large-scale joint military exercises of the United States and the Republic of Korea in the cease-fire area where the Korean War between the DPRK and the United States exists in the present continuous form, the most dangerous area in the world in which nuclear forces are standing in confrontation with one another. Under such situation, it is not unreasonable to imagine that an accidental spark might plunge the Korean peninsula and the region and the rest of the world into a new armed conflict.

Frightened at the danger of such horrible situation, the United States and the Republic of Korea have now turned "Freedom Shield 2025" into a kind of "dumb exercises" prohibiting any live firing. However, they can neither conceal nor quell the danger and gravity of the exercises amplified at home and abroad.

The DPRK is keeping a close watch on every reckless military movement of the enemies to cope with any unexpected developments and, if necessary, will go over into a merciless action without warning. The enemies should seriously approach the evil presage of the dangerous US-ROK joint military exercises and stop at once the nuclear war rehearsals, the root cause of aggravated situation in the Korean peninsula.