SEOUL: North Korea has said any move to shoot down one of its test missiles would be considered a declaration of war and blamed joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea for growing tensions, Reuters quoted state media KCNA.
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, warned in a statement that Pyongyang would see it as a “declaration of war” if the U.S. took military action against the North’s strategic weapon tests, according to Reuters.
She also hinted that the North could fire more missiles into the Pacific Ocean, the report said.
“The Pacific Ocean does not belong to the dominium of the U.S. or Japan,” Kim said.
In a separate statement, the chief of the Foreign News Section at North Korea’s Foreign Ministry accused the U.S. of “aggravating” the situation by conducting a joint air drill with a B-52 bomber on Monday and planning U.S.-South Korea field exercises.
(Inputs from Reuters)
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