North Korea Condemns US-South Korea Joint Exercise In a statement, North Korea's Ministry of Defense condemned the large-scale joint military exercise by the US and South Korean air forces. Today, while calling South Korea and America bellicose, this ministry said that these exercises are provocative in nature and against North Korea. According to the "Sputnik" news agency, this statement reads: "The US and South Korea activated not only air forces, but also fighter jets of the army, navy and marine corps, as well as airborne early warning, refueling and attack drones."