“War trials” to prepare “a preemptive strike” against his country. The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un thus defines the next joint maneuvers between the United States and South Korea, with which detente has also recently begun with the resumption of direct communication channels. North Korean media reports that Kim has forcefully condemned the exercises in a meeting with the military leaders of the ‘hermit kingdom’, accusing the “hostile forces” of intensifying “frenzied and continuous war trials to strengthen their capabilities with the aim of a preemptive strike against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea “. In response, the North Korean leader recommended that “all military and political ranks make every effort to enhance the combat effectiveness of the units” in the country.