SEOUL: The latest missile launch was a warning to South Korean “warmongers” to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills, North Korea said on Friday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally observed the test-fire of two short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday. It is the first test since Kim met with US President Donald Trump last month and agreed to revive denuclearization talks.
The missile tests raises doubts about the revival of denuclearization talks, which stalled after the collapse of a second summit between Kim and Trump in Hanoi in February.
“We cannot but develop nonstop super-powerful weapon systems to remove the potential and direct threats to the security of our country that exist in the south,” state news agency KCNA quoted Kim as saying.
In a statement on Friday, Colonel Lee Peters, a spokesman for the combined command of U.S. and South Korean troops, said the launches “were not a threat directed at South Korea or the US, and have no impact on our defense posture.”
(Agencies)
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