North Korea calls Abe 'most stupid man' for mistaking projectiles from super-large launcher for ballistic missiles
This image, released on Sept. 11, 2019, by the North Korean Official News Service (KCNA), shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervising the test-firing of a “super-large multiple rocket launcher.” UPI-Yonhap
North Korea fired shots at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Saturday, for mistaking Pyongyang's recent testing of a super-large multiple launch rocket system for a ballistic missile launch.
In a statement released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a vice director general of the Department of Japanese Affairs at the North Korean Foreign Ministry also said Abe “may see what a real ballistic missile is in the not distant future and under his nose.”
North Korea claimed Friday that it had successfully tested a super-large multiple rocket launcher's successive firing system under leader Kim Jong-un's “guidance” in the launch of two projectiles the previous day.
But Abe termed this a ballistic missile launch, calling it a grave challenge to Japan and the international community.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters following South Korea's announcement concerning a military intelligence-sharing agreement at his official residence in Tokyo Friday. AP
The North took exception to the categorization.
“It can be said that Abe is the only one idiot in the world and the most stupid man ever known in history, as he fails to distinguish a missile from multiple launch rocket system while seeing the photo-accompanied report which even civilians who have no knowledge of 'military affairs,' to say nothing of soldiers, can know with a single glance," the KCNA's English-language statement said.
The statement also pointed out that Abe was mistaken if he feels the United States will welcome his talk of a “threat from the North,” at a time when denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and Washington are in a stalemate.
“It is quite natural that Abe is ridiculed as a puppy affected by mange as he fails to tell one thing from another and has plenty of cheek to turn black into white, being excluded from international politics,” the statement went on. “(North Korea) considers it best not to deal with Abe as dealing with the most stupid person ever known in history and a political dwarf out of favor, brings disgrace to it. This thought of ours is hardening day by day.” (Yonhap)