Kims sister condemns treacherous Seoul over military drills
Kim's statement came as the US and South Korean militaries began their preliminary training Tuesday in the run-up to next week's yearly summertime exercise.
By carrying out the drills, Seoul and Washington would "surely face greater security threats", she said, and the North would strengthen its defence and pre-emptive strike capabilities.
Seoul and Washington are treaty allies, with the US stationing around 28,500 troops in the South to defend it against its nuclear-armed neighbour.
They have previously scaled back their annual joint military exercises significantly to facilitate nuclear talks with Pyongyang.
The South's dovish Moon is credited with brokering the first-ever summit between North Korea and a sitting US president, in Singapore in June 2018.
But the North largely cut off contact with Seoul following the collapse of a second summit between Kim and then US president Donald Trump in Hanoi that left nuclear talks at a standstill.
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