(Mr. Han. Democratic People's Republic of Korea) joint military exercise "Team spirit 90" with 200,000 United States and south Korean troops is going on in a real war atmosphere in south Korea. Military experts and world opinion draw the unanimous conclusion that the "Team spirit" joint military exercises are offensive drills for nuclear war, considering their characteristics or the involvement of mainly nuclear war material such as the E-4B nuclear command aircraft, nuclear aircraft carriers, submarines and cruisers, the B-52 strategic bomber, F-15 and F-16 fighter-bombers and all sorts of nuclear missiles. No one can confirm that the strong nuclear-equipped force of 200,000 troops engaged in practical military rehearsals near the Military Demarcation Line would not invade the north. The open armed intervention in the internal affairs of Panama last year increased our concern. Unlike NATO, which has a Nuclear Advisory Committee composed of 15 countries and deters any wilful arbitrary use of nuclear weapons, the south Korean side is completely excluded and has no say as far as the deployment and use of nuclear weapons in south Korea are concerned. Moreover, the field commander of the United States army stationed in south Korea has full authority to use nuclear weapons at any moment. Since 1982 the threats to use nuclear weapons in the Korean peninsula have been repeated, and recently United States Defence Secretary Cheney said that if there is a place on the globe now where disputes could turn into a war, that is the Korean peninsula. All the facts show that in the Korean peninsula any accidental event could trigger a war, and that would be a nuclear war. If a nuclear war breaks out in Korea, Asia and the world as well as Korea will suffer a terrible nuclear disaster. Consequently, the prevention of war and the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a political statement or an editorial piece, focusing on the tensions and concerns surrounding a joint military exercise between the US and South Korea. It highlights the potential risks of a nuclear war breaking out in the Korean peninsula and the catastrophic consequences it could have for the region and the world. The text does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or social issues, but rather emphasizes the political and military implications of the situation.

**Category**
International relations, Security