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North Korea
Fri, August 19, 2022 | 19:34
North Korea says Biden's remarks on recent missile launches a 'provocation'
Posted : 2021-03-27 09:33
Updated : 2021-03-28 09:27
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A new type of a tactical guided missile was launched from the North Korean town of Hamju, South Hamgyong Province, Thursday, in this photo released by the North's Korean Central News Agency. Yonhap
A new type of a tactical guided missile was launched from the North Korean town of Hamju, South Hamgyong Province, Thursday, in this photo released by the North's Korean Central News Agency. Yonhap

North Korea on Saturday accused U.S. President Joe Biden of "provocation" for criticizing its recent missile launches, claiming the firings are an exercise of its self-defense right and warning the U.S. will face "something that is not good" if such "thoughtless remarks" continue.

Ri Pyong-chol, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party, made the statement, a day after Biden said the North's launch of two short-range ballistic missiles Thursday was in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

"We express our deep apprehension over the U.S. chief executive faulting the regular testfire, exercise of our state's right to self-defense, as the violation of UN "resolutions" and openly revealing his deep-seated hostility toward the DPRK," Ri said.

"Such remarks from the U.S. president are an undisguised encroachment on our state's right to self-defense and provocation to it," he said in the statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

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Ri called it a "gangster-logic" for the U.S. to "ship the strategic nuclear assets into the Korean peninsula and launch ICBMs any time it wants" and to criticize the North when it conducts "even a test of a tactical weapon."

He also said the North has no choice but to build "invincible physical power" to defense its own country at a time when Seoul and Washington continue to conduct combined military exercises and "constantly pose military threats to the Korean peninsula."

"I think that the new U.S. administration obviously took its first step wrong. If the U.S. continues with its thoughtless remarks without thinking of the consequences, it may be faced with something that is not good," he added.

He said the North will continue to increase its "most thoroughgoing and overwhelming military power."

North Korea confirmed Friday it test-fired new tactical guided missiles a day earlier. It marked the North's first launch of ballistic missiles in about a year and also the first since the inauguration of the Biden administration.

Observers say the North could have tested an upgraded version of its KN-23 missile, which resembles Russia's Iskander, showcased during a military parade in Pyongyang in January.

The latest launch came as the Joe Biden administration prepares to announce a new policy on the North.

In his first formal press conference since taking office, Biden noted that "U.N. resolution 1718 was violated by those particular missiles that were tested."

Biden also warned "there will be responses if they choose to escalate. We will respond accordingly." (Yonhap)


 
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