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 Monday, 11 August 2008This is the USFK J2 OSINT Supplemental Product.This product provides media analysis of North Koreanreporting on Ulchi Freedom Guardian – an annual ROK-UScombined military exercise.Summary:
The North Korean (NK) media has reported on the decision of the US and ROKgovernments to change the ROK-US combined military exercise’s name from “Ulchi FocusLens” (UFL) to “Ulchi Freedom Guardian” (UFG) since Jan 08. The reports have asserted themain focus of UFG is to prepare for “northward aggression” and to prepare for a preemptivestrike against NK.
The NK media has reported on, and denounced, all major ROK-US combined military exercises since the mid-70’s. Its characterization of the exercises has been consistent – “an act of provocation and northward aggression.” 
(By MAJ Steve Sin, USA; and Mr. Yung Kim, CIV; USFK J2/JIOC K OSINT)
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 The North Korean (NK) media has reported on the decision of the US and ROK governments tochange the ROK-US combined military exercise’s name from “Ulchi Focus Lens” (UFL) to “UlchiFreedom Guardian” (UFG) since Jan 08.The reports asserted the name change is related to the wartime operational control transferscheduled for 2012, and implied there may be some changes to the exercise this year; however,their characterization of UFG remained consistent with its past characterizations of UFL. Thereports
The NK media has reported on, and denounced, all major ROK-US combined military exercises since the mid-70’s. Its characterization of the exercises has been consistent – “an act of provocation and northward aggression.” 
 
NK Media reported that the name change is in line with the scheduled wartimeoperational control transfer in 2012.
“…the United States and the South Korean military authorities have decided tochange the names of the "Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, andIntegration [RSOI] exercise" to "Key Resolve" and the "Ulchi Focus Lens" jointmilitary exercise to "Ulchi Freedom Guardian" from this year. It is said that thesenames will be used until 2012 when the United States returns the "wartimeoperational control" to South Korea.” (Rodong Sinmun – 01/02/2008)“…the name "Ulchi Freedom Guardian," which was proposed by South Korea, issaid to contain the meaning of the South Korean forces "safeguarding peace" by"fostering the capacity to conduct planning and operations" on their own.”(Rodong Sinmun – 01/02/2008)“…Key Resolve is an exercise designed to help US forces efficiently dispatchadditional forces to and deploy them across the peninsula in times of emergency,while the UFG is designed to enhance South Korean forces capacity to conductmilitary planning and operations on their own to safeguard peace.” (KoreanCentral Broadcasting Station – 02/22/2008)
 
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NK reports assert that the ROK-US combined military exercise, UFG, serves the samepurpose as the previous exercises – to wage a “war of northward aggression” andconduct a preemptive nuclear attack against NK.
“…although the commander of the US forces occupying South Korea and thechairman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed on changing thenames of the RSOI and the UFL into Key Resolve and UFG respectively, themilitary exercises' size and aggressive nature remain unchanged and were ratherincreased.” (Korean Central Broadcasting Station – 02/22/2008)“The Ulchi Freedom Guardian joint military exercise is a provocative war exercisefor northward aggression that changed the signboard of the Ulchi Focus Lens[U'lchi Focus Lens] exercise which had been conducted by the United States andthe puppet warmongers every year since the mid-1970s.” (Korean CentralBroadcasting Station – 07/18/2008)“The United States and the South Korean warmongers must ponder overcatastrophic consequences that will arise from their reckless war provocationmaneuvers, and immediately quit the provocative Ulchi Freedom Guardian jointmilitary exercise and arms buildup maneuvers.” (Korean Central BroadcastingStation – 07/18/2008)“Together with the United States, the puppet warmongers are attempting to pushahead with a large-scale joint military exercise dubbed "Ulchi Freedom Guardian"from 18 August…This war exercise, which changed the signboard of the "UlchiFocus Lens" joint military exercise that has been staged each year from the mid-1970s until last year, is a very provocative and risky game of a war of northwardaggression carried out against our Republic.” (Rodong Sinmun – 07/23/2008)“…and it announced that the US force would stage "Ulchi-Freedom Guardian" joint military exercise in South Korea from mid August against our Republic. Allthese ominous moves clearly show that "dialogue" and "negotiations" – which theUS imperialists are raving about lately – are nothing but a veil to conceal theirbelligerent nature and that they are expediting preparations for a war behind the
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