North Korea vows to teach ‘war criminal state’ Japan lesson over missile test

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North Korea has declared it will take additional military actions against Japan following Japan's defense capability expansion, accusing it of reviving ambitions associated with a 'war criminal state.' Kim Yo-jong emphasized that Pyongyang will not remain passive amid Japan's military transformation, escalating regional tensions.

North Korea said it will pursue unspecified “additional military options” in response to Japan’s expanding defence capabilities, accusing Tokyo of reviving the ambitions of a “war criminal state”. Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said that Pyongyang would not remain a “passive onlooker” to what she described as Japan’s accelerating transformation into a military power, according to a statement published on Wednesday by the official Korean Central News Agency. “War...